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Table 2 Overview of BCS values recorded per pH-code group with mean and standard error

From: Prevalence and consequences of subacute ruminal acidosis in German dairy herds

 

pH-code1 (pH ≤ 5.5)

pH-code 2 (pH 5.6- 5.8)

pH code 3 (pH ≥ 5.9)

 

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

BCS 1

3.08a

0.05

3.12b

0.05

3.27a,b

0.04

BCS 2

3.09a

0.05

3.13b

0.05

3.26a,b

0.04

BCS 3

3.16a

0.05

3.19b

0.05

3.35a,b

0.04

  1. (BCS 1 recorded at 4–5 weeks prior to rumenocentesis, BCS 2 at rumenocentesis, BCS 3 four to five weeks after rumenocentesis). Differences in values with the same capital in upper case (a and b) are statistically significant.