Table 3.

Effect of plane of nutrition on performance, feeding behavior, and testes tissue weight of Holstein Friesian bull calves (n = 30) offered a high (HI) or moderate (MOD) plane of nutrition from 2 to 12 wk of life

	HI	MOD	SEM	P-value
Average daily gain, kg	0.88	0.58	0.019	<0.0001
Slaughter weight, kg	112.40	87.70	2.10	<0.0001
MR intake, kg DM/d1	1.35	0.49	0.005	<0.0001
Concentrate intake, kg DM/d	0.52	0.41	0.012	0.0868
Visits with entitlement2	5.22	2.21	0.044	<0.0001
Visits without entitlement3	5.01	13.31	0.18	<0.0001
Testes, g	29.2	20.10	1.56	0.0003
Testes weight, g/kg BW4	2.58 × 103	2.3 × 103	0.000013	0.1530

¹DM, dry matter.

²Visits with entitlement: visits to feeder where feed is dispensed.

³Visits without entitlement: visits to feeder where feed is not dispensed.

⁴BW, body weight.