Table 2.
Effects of different dietary levels of energy on the growth performance of growing yaks.
| Item | Treatments | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEG | MEG | HEG | ||
| IBW, kg | 139.08 ± 2.311 | 140.19 ± 4.211 | 145.96 ± 3.526 | 0.346 |
| FBW, kg | 164.54 ± 2.867 | 168.08 ± 4.986 | 179.04 ± 4.862 | 0.069 |
| ADG, kg | 0.45 ± 0.0449 | 0.50 ± 0.0396 | 0.59 ± 0.071 | 0.201 |
| ADFI, kg/d | 5.34 ± 0.072b | 5.52 ± 0.072ab | 5.69 ± 0.066a | 0.006 |
| FCR | 13.09 ± 1.341 | 11.90 ± 0.912 | 11.64 ± 1.577 | 0.705 |
IBW, initial body weight; FBW, final body weight; ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio. Different lowercase superscript indicates significant difference of p < 0.05.