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. 2018 Nov 22;3(1):513–521. doi: 10.1093/tas/txy122

Table 2.

Effect of increasing dose of RPC on DMI, BW, back fat (BF) at 12th rib on 63 d and Longissimus muscle (LM) area on day 62 in finishing steers during heat stress.

Item Treatment (Trt) SEM P-value
0RPC 0.5RPC 1RPC Trt Day (d) Trt × d
Initial BW, kg 281 285 284 1.6 0.06 <0.01 0.76
Final BW, kg 350 355 352
DMI, kg/d 9.8a 9.9ab 10.1b 0.07 0.05 <0.01 0.14
BF, cm 0.59 0.6 0.6 0.015 0.82
LM on day 62, cm2 57.39 54.56 56.56 0.967 0.15