Figure 3.

Diarrhea status of weaned calves feeding oat hay or maize silage substituting for portion of alfalfa hay varied with week. AH, 36.3% pellet starter feed+23.7% flaked corn+40.0% alfalfa hay; OH, 36.3% pellet starter feed+23.7% flaked corn+26.7% alfalfa hay+13.3% oat hay; WS, 36.3% pellet starter feed+23.7% flaked corn+26.7% alfalfa hay+13.3% maize silage. For each time point, * indicates significance at the 0.05 level and ** indicates significance at the 0.01 level among three treatment groups. Calves expressed severely diarrhea in the first week, forage combination feeding of OH and WS reduced (p<0.05) diarrhea incidence, frequency, and fecal index from the second week.