Table 3.

Cow feed intake and feeding behavior from 16 to 23 May 2017 trial

	High*		Low†			WP‡	SP§	WP * SP¶
Item	Light	Heavy	Light	Heavy	SE	P value	P value	P value
Intake
Daily, kg	18.2	20.8	17.6	21.1	0.97	0.98	<0.01	0.69
g/kg cow BW	33.9	35.8	28.1	32.6	1.6	<0.02	<0.06	0.41
Feeding bouts
Number/day	31.5	35.1	29.8	31.3	3.3	0.41	0.44	0.76
Duration, min	2.4	2.5	2.65	2.1	0.01	0.11	<0.02	0.39
Total time eating, min	617.6	614.7	452.2	547.1	68	0.08	0.51	0.48

*High = high WWR group.

^†Low = low WWR group.

^‡Whole plot = cow WWR.

^§Split-plot = cow BW.

^¶Whole-split-plot interaction was the interaction between WWR and cow BW.

P values were considered significant at ≤0.05 and were considered as a trend toward significance at ≤0.1.