Table 2.
Effects of ADY on growth performance of weaned beef calves1.
Item | Treatments |
SEM | P-value | |
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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.
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.