. 2019 Sep 19;10:2159. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02159

TABLE 2.

Body measurements at birth in heifer calves born to cows offered a control diet (CON, n = 13) or CON supplemented with ethyl-cellulose rumen-protected methionine (MET, n = 13; Mepron^® at 0.09% of diet DM; Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH, Germany) during last 28 days of pregnancy.

Body measurement	CON	MET	SEM¹	P-value
Body weight (kg)	40.08^b	43.79^a	0.91	0.04
Body length (cm)	109.30	109.90	1.57	0.80
Hip height (cm)	78.43^b	82.32^a	0.64	< 0.01
Hip width (cm)	16.14	15.66	0.39	0.43
Wither height (cm)	75.63^b	78.17^a	0.70	0.03

¹Standard error of the mean. ^a,bDifferent letters indicate significant differences due to the main maternal effect (P < 0.05).