Table 3.

Growth performance and rectal temperatures of Korean cattle steers fed either a control or glycerol-supplemented diet in August and September, 2014¹⁾

Variable	August2)		September3)		SE	p-value
	Control	Glycerol	Control	Glycerol		Diet	Month	Diet×month
Age (month)	14.4	14.0	15.4	15.0
Initial body weight (kg)	405.0	405.2	434.7	430.7
Body weight4) (kg)	434.7	430.7	455.8	453.9	5.54	0.79	0.049	0.92
Feed intake, DM
Daily total feed intake (kg/d)	7.63a	7.62a	8.21b	8.09ab	0.08	0.68	0.0012	0.70
Daily concentrate intake (kg/d)	5.44b	5.45b	6.00a	5.93ab	0.08	0.81	<0.001	0.77
Daily forage intake (kg/d)	2.19	2.18	2.20	2.16	0.03	0.61	0.93	0.81
Concentrate/forage intake ratio	2.48a	2.50a	2.73b	2.75b	0.05	0.82	0.014	0.96
Crude protein intake (kg/d)	0.86a	0.88a	0.92b	0.95b	0.014	0.47	<0.001	0.77
Ether extract fat intake (kg/d)	0.22a	0.22a	0.24b	0.24b	0.003	0.42	<0.001	0.71
Average daily gain (kg/d)	0.96a	0.82ab	0.70b	0.77ab	0.04	0.62	0.03	0.13
Feed efficiency (gain/total DM feed intake)	0.108a	0.094ab	0.075b	0.083ab	0.0005	0.63	0.003	0.11
Rectal temperature (°C)	38.51	38.64	38.34	38.34	0.041	0.31	0.007	0.52

SE, standard error; DM, dry matter.

¹⁾N = 10. Mean values with different letters (a,b) differ at p<0.05.

²⁾Experiment period was 4 weeks in duration (July 28 to August 26, 2014).

³⁾Experiment period was 4 weeks in duration (August 27 to September 25, 2014).

⁴⁾Body weight was recorded on August 27 and September 26, 2014, respectively.