Table 3.

Effect of dietary CLA supplementation on yearling physical measurements

Item	Time	Treatmenta			SEM	P-values
		CON	LOW	HIGH		Trt	Time	Trt * time
BW, kg	Initial	353.0	353.0	354.8	10.4	0.97	<0.01	0.93
	Final	373.0	375.0	373.2
Wither height, cm	Initial	137.3	139.3	138.1	1.9	0.81	<0.01	0.42
	Final	140.7	141.4	141.9
Hip height, cm	Initial	143.5	144.7	143.8	1.5	0.93	<0.01	0.89
	Final	147.9	147.7	147.6
Length, cm	Initial	147.2	146.2	145.2	1.7	0.97	<0.01	0.73
	Final	153.3	153.7	153.6
Heart girth, cm	Initial	159.8	157.5	160.5	1.9	0.87	<0.01	0.71
	Final	164.0	163.6	164.0
RFTb, cm	Initial	0.28	0.29	0.28	0.01	0.78	<0.01	0.79
	Final	0.33	0.34	0.34
BCS	Initial	5.5	5.8	5.4	0.2	0.81	<0.01	0.72
	Final	5.8	5.9	5.8

^aCON = 1% diet soybean oil; LOW = 0.5% diet soybean oil, 0.5% diet CLA; HIGH = 1% diet CLA.

^bRFT = rump fat thickness measured by ultrasound (Westervelt et al., 1976).