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. 2023 May 22;101:skad004. doi: 10.1093/jas/skad004

Table 4.

Main effect of treatment on DMI, panting score, movement, and temperature during weather events (year 2)

Item Treatment SEM Trt P-value
No Shade Shade Hour Trt*Hour
Total Trial1
 Movement 28,858 28,804 395 0.93 <0.01 0.99
 Ear Temperature, ºC2 36.6 36.6 0.1 0.80 <0.01 0.31
 Panting Score3 0.98 0.70 0.02 <0.01
Heat Event 14
 Panting Score 0.70 0.27 0.06 <0.01
 DMI, kg 9.1 10.9 0.23 <0.01
Cool Event5
 Movement 31,694 31,846 472 0.83 <0.01 0.32
 Ear Temperature, ºC 36.8 37.0 0.1 0.08 <0.01 0.27
 Panting Score 0.42 0.26 0.04 0.01
 DMI, kg 9.8 10.6 0.05 <0.01
Heat Event 26
 Panting Score 1.76 1.45 0.05 <0.01
 DMI, kg 10.3 10.6 0.14 0.14

1February 26 to July 25.

2Ear temperature was measured using a biometric sense tag (Quantified Ag, Lincoln, NE).

3Panting scores were based on a score of 0 to 4 in 0.5 increments.

4May 24 to June 1.

5June 2 to June 7.

6July 9 to July 16.