Table 7.
The occurrence of diarrhea by calves fed a CS without or with MON, or EOC, or a combination of both MON and EOC (MON × EOC)
| Treatment1 | Main effects & interaction, P-value < 2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measurement | CS | MON | EOC | MON + EOC | SEM | MON | EOC | MON × EOC |
| N | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | — | — | — | — |
| Score 1 (times) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scores 2 & 3 (times) | 58.1 | 57.0 | 62.4 | 60.4 | 0.30 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.15 |
| Score 4 mild (times) | 11.0 | 12.3 | 7.3 | 9.1 | 0.23 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.29 |
| Score 5 severe (times) | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.16 | 0.70 | 0.02 | 0.25 |
1CS, calf starter; MON, CS containing monensin; EOC, CS containing essential oil and cobalt; MON+EOC, CS containing monensin, essential oils and cobalt.
2 P-value for main effects of MON or EOC and interaction.