Table 3.

Liver scores of steers fed 10-G compared with non-supplemented control steers

	TRT1
Item	CON	10-G	SEM	P-value
Liver score2, %
Edible	74.48	73.11	-	0.27
Abscessed	20.42	20.99	-	0.61
A-	10.50	10.76	-	0.76
A	1.17	1.40	-	0.43
A+	0.96	0.60	-	0.12
A + Open	0.66	0.84	-	0.41
A + Adhesion	5.73	5.90	-	0.79
A + Adhesion/Open	0.52	0.48	-	0.84
Other
Flukes	1.88	1.49	-	0.25
Telangiectasias	0.31	0.34	-	0.85
Cirrhosis	0.30	0.22	-	0.56
Contamination	2.22	3.63	-	0.14

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).

²Modified Elanco Liver Check System (Brown and Lawrence, 2010). Edible = no abscesses, A- = 1 or 2 small abscesses, A = 2 to 4 small active abscesses, A+ = 1 or more large active abscesses, A + Adhesion = liver adhered to the diaphragm or gastrointestinal tract, and A + Open = open liver abscesses, A + Adhesion/Open = liver adhered to the diaphragm or gastrointestinal tract and open abscess.