. 2019 Feb 19;97(4):1874–1890. doi: 10.1093/jas/skz068

Table 3.

Maternal body weight, average daily gain, and DMI of ewes fed endophyte-infected (E+) or endophyte-free (E−) seed during MID (days 38–85)/LATE (days 86–133) gestation

Fescue treatment	E−/E−	E+/E−	E−/E+	E+/E+	SEM
Ewe (n)	8	8	8	8
Ewe age, yr	4.5	4.9	5.2	4.8	0.30
Ewe BCS¹	2.8	3.2	2.8	2.99	0.26
Day of gestation	132.2	132.4	133.3	133.3	0.45
Fetal number/ewe	1.75	1.88	1.75	2.00	0.20
Fetal sex (1 = male)	1.46	1.40	1.54	1.64	0.13
Ewe BW, kg
Day 29	85.62	81.53	81.70	80.94	3.59
Day 50	81.22	78.69	79.35	78.72	3.30
Day 85	91.25	90.56	89.94	94.35	4.43
Day 105	96.50	96.73	91.68	91.31	3.92
Day 133	100.23	101.96	93.61	95.34	4.04
DMI, kg/d
Days 29–85	1.91	1.91	1.91	1.88	0.013
Days 86–133	2.46^a	2.46^a	2.34^b	2.43^a	0.025
Overall, days 29–133	2.18^c	2.17^c	2.13^d	2.15^cd	0.014
ADG, kg/d
Days 29–85	0.100	0.161	0.147	0.228	0.044
Days 86–133	0.187^a	0.237^a	0.076^b	0.175^ab	0.040
Overall, days 29–133	0.140^d	0.196^c	0.114^d	0.159^cd	0.021

¹BCS scores (1–5; 5 = heaviest condition; 1 = thinnest condition).

^abMeans in the same row with uncommon superscripts differ (P < 0.05).

^cdMeans in the same row with uncommon superscripts differ (P < 0.10).