Mean index (± standard deviation)

IO (N = 50)

CON (N = 50)

p-value

Postnatal days

72.90 (8.322)

73.82 (9.064)

0.735

Follicular diameter (mm)

2.25 (1.37)

10.82 (2.30)

0.000**

Age

3.06 (1.21)

3.19 (1.35)

0.755

Fetal times

1.75 (0.91)

1.19 (1.06)

0.607

BSC

2.66 (0.25)

2.80 (0.18)

0.053

Daily milk production (kg/day)

34.16 (12.53)

33.04 (7.11)

0.721

BHBA (mmol/L)

0.61 (0.14)

0.48 (0.16)

0.073