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. 2021 Sep 23;7(4):1352–1359. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2021.06.006

Table 2.

Effects of ADY on growth performance of weaned beef calves1.

Item Treatments
SEM P-value
CON ADY
Initial BW, kg 95.67 96.07 0.800 0.808
Final BW, kg 164.40 169.07 1.456 0.110
ADG, g/d 1,145.56 1,216.67 13.602 0.007
DMI, kg/d 6.19 6.29 0.048 0.294
FE 5.41 5.18 0.051 0.022

ADY = active dry yeast; SEM = standard error of mean; BW = body weight; ADG = average daily gain; DMI = dry matter intake; FE = feed efficiency = DMI/ADG.

1

CON, control with no ADY and fed basal ration; ADY, fed basal ration and 5 g/d ADY (Angel Yeast Co., Ltd., Yichang, Hubei, China) per calf.