Economic and Managerial Analysis of Effective Managerial Strategies on Prevention from Ketosis in Transition Period in Shahroud Commercial Dairy Farms

Table 1

The effect of effective managerial strategies on ketosis and managerial/economic indices.

Economic and; management indices	Management strategies in transition period effective on ketosis prevention
	BCS; management		Feed intake management		Propylene glycol		Niacin		Feed quality
	𝐹-Test	𝑡-Test	𝐹-Test	𝑡-Test	𝐹-Test	𝑡-Test	𝐹-Test	𝑡-Test	𝐹-Test	𝑡-Test
Incidence rate of ketosis	27.98**	5.29^ns	41.13**	−6.41*	50.39**	−7.10*	59.23**	−7.70*	56.94**	−7.55*
Treatment cost	20.26**	4.5^ns	20.83**	−4.56^ns	56.46**	−7.51*	82.25**	−9.70*	30.79**	−5.55^ns
Average production	5.35*	2.31^ns	11.19**	3.35^ns	40.37**	6.35*	28.43**	5.33^ns	14.89**	3.86^ns
Gross income	5.64*	2.38^ns	10.53**	3.25^ns	40.44**	6.36*	27.93**	5.28^ns	14.28**	3.78^ns
Average fertility	4.26*	2.06^ns	3.31^ns	1.82^ns	24.99**	5.00 ^ns	33.42**	5.78^ns	8.43**	2.90^ns
Fertility costs	1.23^ns	−1.11^ns	1.04^ns	−1.02^ns	15.34**	−3.92 ^ns	10.90**	−3.30^ns	4.67*	−2.16^ns

**Significant difference (𝑃<0.01).
*Significant difference (𝑃<0.05).
 ^nsNonsignificant differences (𝑃>0.05).