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Table 10.

Mean concentrations (µg/g of DM) in the herbage of measured ergot alkaloids and loline levels (N-formyl loline (NFL) and N-acetyl loline (NAL)), average daily weight gain (ADG) of 2 year old steers, and blood serum prolactin levels across two sites in the USA. (Taken from [465]).

Tall Fescue and Endophyte	Endophyte Infection Rate (% Viable in Seed)	Alkaloid Levels (µg/g of DM)			ADG (kg/day)	Prolactin (ng/mL)
Tall Fescue and Endophyte	Endophyte Infection Rate (% Viable in Seed)	Total Ergot Alkaloids	NFL	NAL	ADG (kg/day)	Prolactin (ng/mL)
HiMag—ArkShield	94	0	161	117	0.6 ^a	155 ^a
KY31	80	0.70	305	117	0.34 ^b	17 ^b
HiMag—Nil endophyte	0	0	0	0	0.62 ^a	108 ^a

^a,b Within a column, means without a common superscript letter differ significantly (p < 0.05).