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Table 7.

Effects of two TCM treatments on growth performance of heat stressed beef cattle

Items	Days (d)	HTC	TCM I	TCM II
Initial BW (kg)	0	211.83±24.95^a	206.61±18.84^a	210.83±20.73^a
ADFI (kg)	1–20	2.84±0.53^a	2.99±0.35^a	3.02±0.16^a
	21–40	3.15±0.22^a	3.15±0.35^a	3.28±0.31^a
	41–60	3.44±0.23^a	3.49±0.19^a	3.54±0.21^a
ADG (kg)	1–20	0.16±0.05^B	0.41±0.11^A	0.54±0.21^A
	21–40	0.42±0.09^B	0.64±0.19^A	0.62±0.15^A
	41–60	0.64±0.16^b	0.76±0.13^ab	0.82±0.18^a
F:G (kg/kg)	1–20	15.73±3.19^A	7.71±1.97^B	6.35±1.98^B
	21–40	7.90±1.67^a	5.83±1.06^b	5.81±2.00^b
	41–60	5.73±1.36^a	4.80±1.03^ab	4.53±0.83^b
Finish BW (kg)	60	236.22±18.68^b	242.78±20.52^ab	249.06±24.51^a

TCM, traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions; HTC, high temperature control; TCM I, traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions I+high temperature; TCM II, traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions II+high temperature; BW, body weight; ADFI, average daily feed intake; ADG, average daily gain; F:G, the feed:gain ratio; SE, standard error.

Data are mean±SE (n = 9).

^a–b

Within a row, means without a common lowercase superscript are different at p<0.05.

^A–B

Within a row, means without a common uppercase superscript are different at p<0.01.