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. 2019 Apr 19;269:57–64. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2019.04.008

Table 6.

Birth weight and bodyweight gain of calves during the first 63 days of life.

Treatment group Mean (SD)1 birth weight (kg) Mean (SD) daily weight gain (g)
Mean (SD) final weight (kg)
Day 0 Days 0–21 Days 21–42 Days 42–63 Days 0–63 Day 63
CON (N = 40)2 39.9 (5.3)a 235 (167)a 733 (177)a 799 (248)a 589 (89)a 77.1 (7.2)a
SCFP (N = 40) 40.4 (4.8)a 228 (184)a 767 (217)a 765 (217)a 587 (82)a 77.7 (6.5)a
HALO (N = 39) 41.1 (6.0)a 127 (151)b 746 (215)a 825 (250)a 566 (81)a 77.0 (6.4)a

Values with different superscripts in a column are significantly different (p < 0.01); in all other cases values in a column are not significantly different (p > 0.05).

1

Arithmetic mean (standard deviation); 2number of calves.