. 2019 May 3;97(7):3153–3168. doi: 10.1093/jas/skz153

Table 5.

Main effects of fescue seed treatment (endophyte-infected, E+ or endophyte-free, E−) and stage of gestation (MID, days 35 to 85 or LATE, days 86 to 133) on fetal fat depots and individual muscles at day 133 of gestation¹

Stage of gestation	MID		LATE
Fescue seed treatment	E−	E+	E−	E+	SE
Fetus, n	28	31	29	30
Fat depots, g
Heart fat	3.39	3.40	3.64	3.16	1.97
Internal fat	5.51	5.51	5.78	5.24	2.93
Kidney fat	19.27	18.33	19.86	17.74	4.66
Omental fat	5.30	5.25	5.55	5.01	1.64
Subcutaneous fat	1.51	0.71	1.24	0.98	2.31
Mesenteric fat
Fat depots, % of EBW
Heart fat	0.17	0.18	0.17	0.17	0.094
Internal fat	0.26	0.28	0.26	0.29	0.16
Kidney fat	0.93	0.94	0.92	0.95	0.23
Omental fat	0.24	0.27	0.24	0.26	0.073
Subcutaneous fat	0.077	0.043	0.058	0.061	0.12
Mesenteric fat	0.19	0.19	0.18	0.20	0.106
Individual muscles, g
Biceps femoris	26.65	26.54	28.08^a	25.11^b	4.54
Gluteus medius	15.81	15.59	16.56^c	14.85^d	3.28
Longissimus	50.90	50.51	53.61^a	47.80^b	7.92
Psoas major + minor	13.33	12.60	14.02^a	11.90^b	3.17
Quadriceps femoris	36.12	35.35	38.60^a	32.86^b	7.54
Semimembranosus + adductor	39.10	37.90	42.30^a	34.69^b	6.81
Semitendinosus	9.01	8.84	9.69^a	8.16^b	2.48
Individual muscles, % of EBW
Biceps femoris	1.32	1.34	1.35	1.31	0.16
Gluteus medius	0.78	0.79	0.79	0.78	0.11
Longissimus	2.54	2.56	2.58	2.52	0.24
Psoas major + minor	0.66	0.64	0.67	0.63	0.14
Quadriceps femoris	1.78	1.79	1.84	1.73	0.25
Semimembranosus + adductor	1.94	1.92	2.03^a	1.83^b	0.23
Semitendinosus	0.44	0.45	0.46	0.43	0.095

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

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

¹The interaction between fescue seed treatment and stage of gestation was nonsignificant (P > 0.15).