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

Table 7.

Nitrogen intake and excretion 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 SEMe Probabilitya
14b 42c 161d Treatment Day
N intake g/d
 Control 82.2a 92.4b 103.0b 3.97 0.94 <0.01
 Monensin 81.2a 97.3b 99.9b 3.72
N excretion, g/d
 Feces
  Control 50.6a 43.5a 76.5b 3.97 0.13 <0.01
  Monensin 44.9a 40.1a 71.5b 3.71
 Urine
  Control 30.4a 34.7a 45.1b 2.80 0.16 <0.01
  Monensin 33.5a 33.5a 50.6b 2.65
 Total
  Control 81.0a 78.3a 121.8b 4.58 0.46 <0.01
  Monensin 78.4a 73.6a 122.1b 4.30
Apparent N digested, g/d
 Control 31.6a 48.9b 25.9a 6.11 0.17 <0.01
 Monensin 36.3a 57.2b 28.4a 5.78
N retained, g/d
 Control 1.2a 14.2b −19.3c 5.89 0.43 <0.01
 Monensin 2.9a 23.7b −22.2c 5.59

aNo treatment × day interactions present (P ≥ 0.58).

b,c,dCorresponds with 71, 94, and 213 d of pregnancy, respectively.

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

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