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. 2021 Sep 12;9(11):5959–5970. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.2498

TABLE 3.

Effects of TMR with various forage silage on growth performance in beef cattle

Item Groups a SEM p‐Value
SS MS
Initial body weight, kg 440.15 437.73 10.45 .23
Final body weight, kg 530.54 545.37 10.40 .08
Average daily gain, kg/day 1.31 1.56 0.01 .04
Average daily feed intake, DM, kg/day 16.19 16.90 0.11 .04
Feed conversion ratio b (kg feed/kg weight) 12.36 10.96 0.12 .004
a

SS group: TMR with 40% single corn silage, MS group: TMR with various silage (27% corn silage, 10% alfalfa silage, and 15% oat silage).

b

Feed conversion ratio (FCR): Average daily feed intake/Average daily gain.