TABLE 1.
Summary of calf growth measurements of the inoculated calves (Inoc) and control calves (Ctrl).
| Treatment |
SEM
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P-value |
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| Ctrl* | Inoc* | Trt♣ | Week | Trt × Week | ||
| Starter DMI of the last week (kg/d) | 2.07 | 2.16 | 0.17 | 0.71 | <0.01 | 0.24 |
| DMI (kg/d) over the experiment (kg/d)# | 1.09 | 1.11 | 0.06 | 0.68 | <0.01 | 0.51 |
| Starter DMI (kg/d) over the experiment | 0.62 | 0.65 | 0.06 | 0.68 | <0.01 | 0.51 |
| Body weight (kg) | 97.4 | 95.7 | 3.33 | 0.73 | <0.01 | 0.52 |
| Average daily gain (kg/d) | 1.01 | 0.97 | 0.17 | 0.47 | <0.01 | 0.60 |
| Body height (cm) | 93.5 | 93.2 | 0.57 | 0.71 | <0.01 | 0.08 |
| Body length (cm) | 93.6 | 95.0 | 0.84 | 0.23 | <0.01 | 0.93 |
| Heart girth (cm) | 97.1 | 96.7 | 1.68 | 0.93 | <0.01 | 0.83 |
| Cannon bone circumference (cm) | 13.0 | 13.1 | 0.19 | 0.66 | <0.01 | 0.18 |
| Feed conversion ratio (d 0 – d 77) | 1.51 | 1.54 | 0.06 | 0.76 | –
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* Ctrl, control calves receiving autoclaved rumen fluid; Inoc, calves receiving fresh rumen fluid. standard error of mean. calculated from F-test. # of both milk and starter intake over the experiment. ♣ treatment effect: inoculated with autoclaved rumen fluid (Ctrl) or fresh rumen fluid (Inoc). calculated over the course of the experiment, and thus no temporal response or treatment × week interaction.