Table 2.

Effects of sodium humate and glutamine combined supplementation on the growth performance and diarrhea incidence of calves¹ (Exp. 1)

Item2	Experimental treatments				P-value
	NC	1% H+1% G	3% H+1% G	5% H+1% G
Initial BW, kg(51 d)	67.70 ± 2.01	66.43 ± 1.30	65.13 ± 1.82	68.05 ± 1.01	0.430
Final BW, kg (72 d)	88.00 ± 2.29	90.43 ± 1.15	90.82 ± 1.81	93.90 ± 1.69	0.092
ADG, kg	0.96 ± 0.04b	1.14 ± 0.04ab	1.22 ± 0.06a	1.23 ± 0.08a	0.025
ADFI, kg	2.29 ± 0.04	2.49 ± 0.05	2.61 ± 0.06	2.58 ± 0.15	0.062
G:F	0.42 ± 0.02	0.45 ± 0.02	0.46 ± 0.02	0.48 ± 0.04	0.479
Fecal score	2.1 ± 0.12a	1.5 ± 0.14b	1.6 ± 0.11b	1.4 ± 0.07b	0.001
Diarrhea incidence, %	25.81	17.08	21.42	15.41

^a,bMeans within a row with different letters differ significantly (P < 0.05).

¹Data are the mean of 10 replicates of 1 calf per treatment.

²BW, body weight; ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; G:F, ratio of gain to feed.

Data were shown as means ± SEM (n = 10).