. 2017 May 12;5(1):1–7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijvsm.2017.05.001

Table 4.

Treatment least squares means and SEM of each day for metricheck traits.

Variable	Day	n	Treatment^a				SEM	P-Value^b^,^c
Variable	Day	n	CON	MET	CHO	MIX	SEM	P-Value^b^,^c
Score	4	48	2.92^d ^e	3.00^d	2.75^e	3.00^d	0.06	0.08
	7	67	2.30	2.21	2.53	2.04	0.23	0.42^c
	10	60	2.93	2.88	3.00	2.81	0.07	0.19
	13	64	2.51	2.49	2.26	2.30	0.24	0.51^c
	15	69	2.50	2.53	2.27	2.21	0.23	0.17
	17	70	2.06	2.37	2.38	1.74	0.23	0.29
	30	47	0.65^d ^e	0.43^d	1.36^e	0.11^d	0.29	0.03^c

Smell	4	56	0	0.75	0.75	0	0.24	0.14
	7	62	0^d	1.38^e	0.94^e	0.47^d	0.27	0.005
	10	64	0^d	1.17^e	0.94^e	0^d	0.25	0.003
	13	64	0.60	1.06	1.00	1.06	0.35	0.77
	15	69	0.75	0.95	1.40	0.47	0.31	0.26
	17	65	0^d	0^d	0.75^e	0^d	0.16	<0.0001
	30	45	0^d	0^d	0.67^e	0^d	0.16	0.04

Temperature	4	58	38.50	38.53	38.34	38.51	0.09	0.52
	7	66	38.59	38.62	38.59	38.59	0.10	0.97
	10	67	38.75	38.59	38.60	38.60	0.09	0.63
	13	63	38.34	38.35	38.67	38.57	0.11	0.13
	15	68	38.35	38.41	38.40	38.54	0.10	0.63
	17	65	38.46	38.45	38.61	38.49	0.08	0.50
	30	46	38.39	38.23	38.29	38.63	0.14	0.25

Score + smell	4	55	2.57^d ^e	3.50^d	1.67^e	3.25^d	0.32	0.07
	7	67	2.53	3.41	3.50	2.58	0.43	0.29
	10	69	3.13	3.94	3.50	2.79	0.40	0.30
	13	64	3.13	3.65	3.33	3.35	0.48	0.89
	15	69	3.25	3.47	3.67	2.68	0.46	0.67
	17	70	2.06	2.84	3.13	2.05	0.37	0.15
	30	47	1.15^d ^e	1.08^d ^e	2.11^d	0.38^e	0.40	0.04

Treatments: CON: control, n = 16; MET: methionine, n = 20; CHO: choline, n = 17; MIX: methionine and choline, n = 19.

P-Values have been log transformed.

Calving season was used as a covariate when significant (P <0.05).

Means within a row with different superscripts differ significantly.