Assessment of Fatty Liver Syndrome and Its Predisposing Factors in a Dairy Herd from Venezuela

Table 3

Effect of liver triacylglycerols (TAG) accumulation on milk yield (current lactation), prepartum live weight, and dry period length.

	Liver TAG, % fresh basis		𝑃
	≤5% (𝑛=7)	>5% (𝑛=22)
MYC, kg	4395.7^a ± 761.4	6841.5^b ± 701.9	<0.03
LWP, kg	756.2 ± 21.8	729.4 ± 12.6	<0.30
DPL, days	113.4 ± 28.3	123.7 ± 17.1	<0.76

𝑛: number of cows; MYC: milk production in the current lactation; LWP: prepartum live weight; BCP: prepartum body condition score; DPL: dry period length; H: Holstein, F₁: Holstein × Carora crossbred.