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. 2020 Nov 27;6(4):322. doi: 10.3390/jof6040322

Table 3.

The productivity and health of young sheep (30 per treatment) grazing either endophyte-free or endophyte-infected perennial ryegrass during summer and autumn periods between 1992 and 1995 on unirrigated pasture in Canterbury, New Zealand. (Taken from [165]).

Animal Trait Endophyte-Free Endophyte-Infected (Standard Strain) Level of Significant Difference
Daily liveweight gain (g/head/d) 52 30 **
Ryegrass staggers score (0–5 scale) 0 3.3 **
Dags score (0–5 Scale) 0.3 2.3 **
Flystrike (% affected) 2 15 **
Rectal temperature (°C) 40.2 40.5 *
Plasma prolactin (ng/mL) 198 90 **

** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05.