Table 2.

Body weight (BW), dry matter intake (DMI), and orts for steers fed endophyte-free (E−) or endophyte-infected (E+) fescue seed above (Experiment 1) or within (Experiment 2) their thermoneutral zone.

Item	Experiment 1				Experiment 2
	E−	E+	SEa	P =	E−	E+	SEa	P =
BW, kg	285	288	4	0.24	348	347	10	0.30
DMI, KG/D
Hay	2.72	2.63	0.1	0.25	3.67	3.68	0.06	0.82
Total	5.44	5.33	0.1	0.18	6.98	6.99	0.06	0.82
Total g/kg BW	19.1	18.5	0.4	0.12	20.2	20.3	0.5	0.40
Orts g/kg hay	174	197	27.5	0.28	60	57	14.2	0.82

^an = 8.