Table 3.

Effects of DA on feeding behavior of finishing beef steers

	Treatment				P-value1
Item	Control	LowDA	HighDA	SEM	L	Q
DVI2, kg DM	1.89	1.81	1.84	0.06	0.55	0.44
Bunk attendance duration, min/d	96.9	99.5	93.7	2.92	0.44	0.24
Bunk attendance frequency, events/d	9.3	9.7	9.1	0.28	0.50	0.16
Eating rate, g DM/min	112	114	117	3.59	0.29	0.87
Meal frequency3, meals/d	8.8	9.0	8.5	0.26	0.54	0.30
Eating duration, min/meal	11.2	11.1	11.1	0.48	0.89	0.91
Meal size, kg DM/meal	1.26	1.28	1.30	0.09	0.72	0.99
Meal interval, min	172	167	177	5.24	0.49	0.25

¹L, linear effects; Q, quadratic effects.

²DVI = daily variation in DMI, defined as difference in DMI between two consecutive days.

³Bunk attendance intervals between visits shorter than 5 min were considered to be the same meal.