Table 7.
Number of meals per a day, meal duration and average meal size for the trial to determine eating patterns (Exp. 4) of steers fed E− and E+ tall fescue seed
Item | E− 1 | E+ 2 | SEM3 | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of meals per a day | 4.38 | 7.81 | 0.67 | 0.001 |
Meal duration, min | 18.78 | 20.87 | 3.29 | 0.656 |
Average meal size, kg | 1.23 | 0.86 | 0.20 | 0.200 |
1E−, endophyte-free tall fescue seed.
2E+, endophyte-infected tall fescue seed; 10 µg ERV/kg BW/d.
3SEM, standard error of means, n = 4 steers/treatment.