Figure 2.

Morphometry of calves. Shown are live weight (a), live weight gain (LWG) (b), withers (c), heart girth (d), hip height (e) and back length (f). Early-weaned calves were weaned gradually between days 28 and 42 of the trial. Late-weaned calves were weaned gradually between days 98 and 112 of the trial. Data shown as LSmeans ± SEM, early-weaned calves from multiparous cows (earlyMC) n = 16, late-weaned calves from multiparous cows (lateMC) n = 16, early-weaned calves from primiparous cows (earlyPC) n = 15, late-weaned calves from primiparous cows (latePC) n = 12.

p-Values
Parameters	Time (T)	Parity (P)	Weaning Age (W)	T × P	T × W	P × W	T × P × W
Live weight	<0.001	0.396	<0.001	0.685	<0.001	0.099	0.453
LWG	<0.001	0.422	<0.001	0.221	<0.001	0.325	0.556
Withers height	<0.001	0.419	0.005	0.444	<0.001	0.436	0.659
Hip height	<0.001	0.365	0.002	0.233	<0.001	0.364	0.985
Back length	<0.001	0.035	0.008	0.481	0.560	0.011	0.129
Heart girth	<0.001	0.122	0.004	0.899	<0.001	0.537	0.530
Body length	<0.001	0.791	0.023	0.140	0.005	0.116	0.217