Table 2.

Live growth performance and health outcomes of steers fed 10-G compared with non-supplemented control steers

	TRT1
Item	CON	10-G	SEM	P-value
n pens	16	16	-	-
n steers	3200	3200	-	-
Initial BW2, kg	358.1	359.3	1.42	0.05
Final BW, kg	641.0	640.2	3.56	0.63
DMI2, kg	9.63	9.67	0.08	0.26
ADG2, kg	1.52	1.52	0.02	0.78
G:F2	0.157	0.156	0.06	0.45
Railers, %	0.85	0.64	-	0.33
Mortality, %	0.94	0.75	-	0.43
Morbidity, %	18.41	17.44	-	0.33

¹Treatments included no DFM (direct-fed microbial) contained in the diet (CON) and a diet containing L. acidophilus, E. faecium, P. pentosaceus, L. brevis, and L. plantarum fed at 2 g/steer/d providing 1 × 10⁹ CFU (10-G) (Life Products, Inc., Norfolk, NE).

²ADG = Average daily gain; BW = Body weight; DMI = Dry matter intake; G:F = gain to feed.