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. 2018 Apr 2;96(3):1171–1180. doi: 10.1093/jas/skx030

Table 4.

BW measurements of drylot heifers receiving corn stalk-based diets with or without 150 mg/d of monensin at a maintenance level of intake

Item Day of study SEMb Probabilitya
0 3 14 28 42 161 Treatment Day
BW, kg
 Control 472a 469a 448a 461a 457b 525c 10.9 0.08 <0.01
 Monensin 494a 493a 486a 493a 488a 556b 10.9
BW change, kgc
 Control 0a −3.4a −10.6a 2.6a −3.6a 68.4b 3.78 0.32 <0.01
 Monensin 0a −1.0a −6.8a 6.6a −4.1a 67.9b 3.57

aNo treatment × day interactions present (P ≥ 0.90).

bPooled SE of least squares means (control n = 7; monensin n = 8).

cBW change was calculated as the difference in BW from the previous weigh day.

a,b,cWithin a row, means across days without a common superscript differ (P ≤ 0.05).