Table 2.

Growth performance of beef heifers receiving saline solution (Saline; n = 14) or bovine appeasing substance (BAS; n = 15).

Items	Treatments		SEM	p-Value
	Saline	BAS		Treatment	Treatment × Day
Body weight, kg				0.88	0.29
d 0	198	198	3.67
d 6	214	211	3.67
d 15	231	232	3.67
d 45	275	280	3.72
d 150	420	418	3.67
Average daily gain, kg/d
d 0 to 6	2.62	2.19	0.27	0.27
d 0 to 15	2.18	2.29	0.14	0.58
d 0 to 45	1.70	1.84	0.09	0.27
d 0 to 150	1.48	1.47	0.04	0.82
d 6 to 15	1.88	2.35	0.16	0.05
d 6 to 45	1.56	1.79	0.08	0.05
d 6 to 150	1.43	1.44	0.04	0.93
d 15 to 45	1.46	1.63	0.10	0.26
d 15 to 150	1.40	1.37	0.04	0.61
d 45 to 150	1.39	1.32	0.04	0.31

No treatment × day interaction or main treatment effects were detected (p ≥ 0.77) for plasma concentration of haptoglobin (Figure 1).