| AUC | Area Under the Curve |
| BBCM | Bifidobacterium animalis + Lactobacillus animalis in Milk Replacer |
| BCAAs | Branched-Chain Amino Acids |
| CIL | Chemical Isotope Labeling |
| CLP | Lactobacillus plantarum |
| CMLP | Combination of CLP and BBCM |
| CON | Control Treatment |
| CS | Calf Starter |
| DFMs | Direct-Fed Microbials |
| FC | Fold Change |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| LC–MS | Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry |
| MR | Milk Replacer |
| MS | Mass Spectrometry |
| MSI | Metabolomics Standards Initiative |
| PLS-DA | Partial Least Squares–Discriminant Analysis |
| ROC | Receiver Operating Characteristic |
| TSP | Total Serum Protein |