Table 2.
Productive performance and carcass characteristics of Nellore animals supplemented with 3-Nitrooxypropanol in feedlot diets.
| Item | Treatments 1 | SEM 2 | p 3 Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | BV-75 | BV-100 | C1 | C2 | ||
| BWInitial, kg | 406.30 | 409.60 | 405.89 | 5.719 | - | - |
| BWFinal, kg | 546.70 | 558.30 | 543.22 | 7.116 | 0.046 | 0.036 |
| ADG 4, kg day | 1.63 | 1.73 | 1.60 | 0.045 | 0.038 | 0.025 |
| DMI 5, kg/day | 11.32 | 11.14 | 10.61 | 0.208 | 0.323 | 0.028 |
| DMI/BW 6, %BW | 2.38 | 2.31 | 2.24 | 0.038 | 0.204 | 0.047 |
| DMI:ADG | 7.05 | 6.52 | 6.71 | 0.156 | 0.442 | 0.612 |
| G:F | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.003 | 0.339 | 0.657 |
| HCWinitial 7, kg | 197.70 | 199.47 | 197.81 | 3.029 | 0.346 | 0.623 |
| HCWfinal 8, kg | 306.65 | 312.30 | 305.33 | 4.029 | 0.037 | 0.564 |
| CY 9, % | 56.08 | 55.97 | 56.21 | 0.172 | 0.979 | 0.587 |
| ADG 10, kg of carcass | 1.27 | 1.31 | 1.26 | 0.027 | 0.038 | 0.023 |
| Carcass conversion, kg of DM/@ produced | 135.27 | 128.04 | 127.81 | 2.544 | 0.023 | 0.547 |
1 Inclusion of BOVAER® (3-nitrooxypropanol) (mg/kg DM),. 2 SEM (standard error of the mean). 3 C1 (control vs. BOVAER®); C2 (75 vs. 100 mg/kg DM BOVAER®). 4 Average daily gain. 5 Dry matter intake. 6 Matter intake by live weight (%BW). 7 Initial hot carcass weight. 8 Final hot carcass weight. 9 Carcass yield. 10 Average carcass gain.