Table 6.

Summary of calf production data for trail 1 (version A) and trial 2 (version B).

	Trial 1 with Version A			Trial 2 with Version B
	Control	Low dose	High dose	Control	Low dose	High dose
Calves (n)	34	35	38	39	38	32
Initial age (d)	1.97 ± 0.20*	2.43 ± 0.20	1.95 ± 0.18	2.10 ± 0.21	2.18 ± 0.21	2.06 ± 0.20
Weaning age (days)	43.15 ± 0.86	40.91 ± 0.67	42.61 ± 0.69	39.90 ± 0.77	39.21 ± 0.77	38.69 ± 0.67
Initial BW	40.6 ± 0.85	41.05 ± 0.64	40.71 ± 0.94	40.51 ± 0.73	41.0 ± 0.66	41.32 ± 0.71
Weaning BW	80.5 ± 1.54	78.16 ± 1.35	78.45 ± 1.32	79.74 ± 1.12	80.85 ± 1.11	81.07 ± 1.41
ADG (kg/d)	0.89 ± 0.03	0.91 ± 0.02	0.89 ± 0.02	0.98 ± 0.03	1.03 ± 0.03	1.03 ± 0.03
Weaned by 6 weeks of age (%)	47.10	74.29†	47.40	84.62	81.58	87.50
Total respiratory health score	36	27	39	18	19	7
Total GI health score	35	32	47	50	36	24
Total respiratory & GI health scores	71	59	86	68	55	31†

^*mean ± sem; BW, Body weight (kg); ADG, Average daily gain; Tx, Treatments;

^†P< 0.05.