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

Table 4.

Effect of feeding E+ or E− tall fescue seed on uterine weight, placentome weight, and placentome numbers during MID (days 35–85)/LATE (days 86–133) gestation

Fescue treatment	E−/E−	E+/E−	E−/E+	E+/E+	SEM
Empty uterine weight, g	2748.9^a	2726.6^a	2306.6^b	2386.8^b	118.3
Total placentome weight, g	844.32^a	908.55^a	684.34^b	657.21^b	49.45
Total caruncle weight, g	207.11^ab	218.47^a	157.76^c	186.92^bc	10.46
Total cotyledon weight, g	636.66^ab	690.27^a	526.02^bc	471.21^c	46.68
Total placentome number	98.09	106.47	92.22	97.97	6.70
Type A
Cotyledon wt, g	97.43	83.19	87.84	174.79	37.34
Caruncle wt, g	45.49	35.24	38.67	77.32	16.74
Number	20.6	14.9	20.4	39.0	7.28
Number, % of total	19.7^d	15.74^d	17.7^d	40.0^c	7.71
Type B
Cotyledon wt, g	350.36	305.97	189.87	210.56	51.57
Caruncle wt, g	116.27	104.49	66.44	79.47	16.16
Number	56.1	55.4	35.9	45.2	8.88
Number, % of total	55.7	44.5	38.0	43.0	8.26
Type C
Cotyledon wt,g	107.37	202.01	188.67	85.29	67.68
Caruncle wt, g	29.48	58.85	43.37	24.50	17.20
Number	14.4	28.1	27.8	11.8	9.40
Number, % of total	14.4	27.2	34.1	15.0	9.59
Type D
Cotyledon wt, g	61.59	105.78	39.74	33.73	43.64
Caruncle wt, g	15.86	19.89	9.29	5.64	9.51
Number	5.4	8.6	6.5	4.6	5.02
Number, % of total	8.2	13.2	8.3	5.3	6.47

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

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