. 2014 Jan 25;158(3):233–237. doi: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2014.01.008

Table 1.

Summary of descriptive statistics for calves fed colostrum or colostrum replacer or intravenous transfusion with bovine plasma (N = 30).

	All calves	Colostrum group (CL)	Colostrum replacer group (CR)	Plasma group (PL)
Birth weight (kg)	26 ± 3.5	30 ± 2.9^a	27.8 ± 2.3^a	25.1 ± 3.6^a
Mean colostrum IgG fed or transfused		66	200	2848.4
Median serum IgG concentration at 2 days (mg/dL)		2377.5 (421.9)^a	2306 (475.2)^a	669.3 (267.8)^b
Mortality (%)	20	10^a	10^a	40^b
IgG half-life (days)		28.5 (23.4, 36.5)^a	19.1 (15.7, 24.5)^b	27.3 (16.6, 75.6)^a

Birth weight was reported as mean ± SD. Mean colostrum IgG fed to the CR group was reported as g/L and grams of IgG in the CR group. Mean IgG concentrations transfused to the PL group was reported as mg/dL. Median serum IgG concentration was reported as median (interquartile range). Half-life of IgG was reported as days (95% CI).

Where applicable, values with the same letter superscript within a given row are not different (P > 0.05).