Table 1.
Effect of early-weaning feeding and maternal grazing feeding on body weight, body size indexes, and organ weight of yak calves.
| Items | Treatments | SEM | p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early Weaning | Maternal Grazing | |||
| Body weight (kg) | 87.90 a | 64.50 b | 4.347 | <0.001 |
| Chest girth (cm) | 116.20 a | 107.25 b | 1.956 | 0.009 |
| Withers height (cm) | 95.60 a | 77.25 b | 31.563 | 0.001 |
| Body length (cm) | 109.20 a | 86.00 b | 4.215 | <0.001 |
| Liver (g) | 1391.50 a | 1058.38 b | 61.067 | <0.001 |
| Spleen (g) | 237.84 a | 150.60 b | 17.554 | 0.002 |
| Thymus (g) | 252.96 a | 105.25 b | 26.176 | <0.001 |
| Pancreas (g) | 50.56 | 50.85 | 1.694 | 0.939 |
| Liver index (g/kg body weight) | 1.584 | 1.605 | 0.023 | 0.677 |
| Spleen index (g/kg body weight) | 0.272 a | 0.228 b | 0.011 | 0.050 |
| Thymus index (g/kg body weight) | 0.288 a | 0.160 b | 0.023 | <0.001 |
| Pancreas index (g/kg body weight) | 0.057 b | 0.077 a | 0.039 | 0.002 |
| DMI (g) | 1774.60 | 1147.52 | 21.303 | <0.001 |
a,b within a row with different superscripts means significantly difference.