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