Table 12.

Liver abscess incidence and severity¹ in heifers fed diets containing steam-flaked CON or steam-flaked EFC²

Item	CON	EFC	SEM	P-value
Total abscessed livers, %	34.4	26.6	2.47	0.03
A−, %	11.9	12.7	1.80	0.73
A0, %	14.7	9.2	1.74	0.03
A+, %	7.5	4.6	1.40	0.11

¹Severity classified using the system described by Brown et al. (1975) wherein A⁻ denotes livers with one or two small abscesses or inactive scars, A⁰ denotes livers with 1 to 2 large abscesses or multiple small abscesses, and A⁺ denotes livers with multiple large abscesses.

²Trial utilized 700 beef heifers in a randomized complete block design, with 25 animals per pen, 14 pens per treatment, and fed 136 d prior to transport to a commercial abattoir.