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Pre-experiment milk yield was 12.7 \u00b1 0.30 kg\/day, and the body weight was 495 \u00b1 40.0 kg. Animals were evaluated in a 2 \u00d7 2 factorial in a 4 \u00d7 4 Latin square design to receive diets followed by: factor A, which was a dose of sulfur inclusion at 1.0% and 2.0%, and factor B, which was level of urea inclusion at 1.25% and 2.5% DM in FTMR. The hydrogen cyanide (HCN) concentrations reduced 99.3% to 99.4% compared with fresh cassava root when FTMR was supplemented with 1.0% and 2.0% sulfur, respectively. Intake of crude protein was increased based on urea level addition (p &lt; 0.05). Blood thiocyanate concentration was increased by 21.6% when sulfur was supplemented at 2.0% compared to 1.0% (p &lt; 0.05). There was no difference in protozoal concentration, whereas bacterial populations at 4 h after feeding were significantly greater by 6.1% with the FTMR supplemented with 2.0% sulfur and 2.5% urea (p &lt; 0.01). Allantoin concentrations, excretion, absorption, and microbial crude protein showed significant interactions between sulfur levels and urea levels in cows fed diets supplemented with 2.0% sulfur and 2.5% urea (p &lt; 0.05). The molar ratios of the volatile fatty acid (VFA) profile were affected by dietary FTMR (p &lt; 0.01). Furthermore, propionic acid increased by 4.6% when diets were supplemented by 2.5% sulfur (p &lt; 0.01). Milk fat and total solids increased when feed was supplemented with 2.0% sulfur and 2.5% urea (p &lt; 0.05). The diets supplemented with 2.0% sulfur levels resulted in greater concentrations of milk thiocyanate (p &lt; 0.05). The somatic cell count was significantly reduced throughout the experiment with increasing sulfur supplementation (p &lt; 0.05). Animals fed diets supplemented with 2.0% sulfur exhibited a decreased somatic cell count by 18.3% compared with those fed diets supplemented with 1.0% sulfur. 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