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TABLE 3.

Least squares means and standard errors (LSM ± SE) of growth traits of Fogera calves at Andassa Livestock Research Center, Ethiopia

	BWT (kg)		WWT (kg)		PADG (g/day)		PKR		PGE		PRGR
Factors	N	LSM ± SE	N	LSM ± SE	N	LSM ± SE	N	LSM ± SE	N	LSM ± SE	N	LSM ± SE
Overall	1475	21.3 ± 0.05	1154	98.0 ± 0.67	1154	320 ± 2.79	1154	10.1 ± 0.04	900	3.51 ± 0.35	900	1.95 ± 0.00
Sex of calf		^***		^***		^***		^***		^***		^***
Male	675	21.7 ± 0.12	536	97.8 ± 1.05	536	317 ± 4.36	536	10.0 ± 0.06	417	3.73 ± 0.47	483	1.97 ± 5.61
Female	800	20.9 ± 0.10	618	101 ± 0.85	618	334 ± 3.53	618	10.3 ± 0.05	483	3.26 ± 0.51	417	1.94 ± 6.59
Birth Season		^***		^***		^***		^***		^***		NS
Dry	584	21.0 ± 0.13	438	94.3 ± 1.15	438	304 ± 4.78	438	9.85 ± 0.06	326	3.46 ± 0.59	326	1.93 ± 5.02
Wet	891	21.7 ± 0.09	716	104 ± 0.82	716	347 ± 3.41	716	10.5 ± 0.05	574	3.54 ± 0.44	574	1.94 ± 6.13
Birth Year		^***		^***		^***		^***		^***		^***
2000	147	20.7 ± 0.24^ed	137	95.1 ± 1.87^e	137	310 ± 7.54^f	137	10.0 ± 0.11^de	114	3.61 ± 0.09^d	114	1.96 ± 0.00^fg
2001	79	21.9 ± 0.25^cd	68	102 ± 2.37^de	68	335 ± 9.75^def	68	10.3 ± 0.12^cd	49	3.56 ± 0.11^de	49	1.98 ± 0.01^defg
2002	119	21.3 ± 0.20^cd	80	112 ± 2.23^abc	80	376 ± 9.26^bc	80	10.8 ± 0.10^b	60	3.90 ± 0.09^cd	60	2.01 ± 0.00^bcd
2003	98	22.0 ± 0.16^cd	93	84.7 ± 1.80f^g	93	261 ± 7.47^gh	93	9.21 ± 0.12^f	80	2.84 ± 0.08^g	80	1.91 ± 0.00^h
2004	122	22.0 ± 0.13^bc	112	87.6 ± 2.48^f	112	274 ± 10.3^g	112	9.24 ± 0.17^f	73	2.72 ± 0.10^g	73	1.89 ± 0.01^h
2005	58	24.2 ± 0.22^a	45	104 ± 3.41^d	45	332 ± 14.1^def	45	10.1 ± 0.18^de	37	3.20 ± 0.13^ef	37	1.99 ± 0.01^cdef
2006	75	24.4±0.21^a	34	118 ± 2.99^ab	34	392 ± 12.5^b	34	10.9 ± 0.14^b	19	3.53 ± 0.12^de	19	2.04 ± 0.00^ab
2007	45	21.9 ± 0.50^bc	25	99.4 ± 3.40^de	25	325 ± 13.8^ef	25	10.2 ± 0.19^cd	20	3.55 ± 0.19^de	20	1.97 ± 0.01^efg
2008	66	16.9 ± 0.44^h	61	78.7 ± 1.99^g	61	258 ± 7.64^gh	61	9.67 ± 0.11^e	54	3.84 ± 0.12^cd	54	1.88 ± 0.01^h
2009	108	19.5 ± 0.18^gf	95	103 ± 2.72^bcd	95	349 ± 11.5^cde	95	10.6 ± 0.14^bc	55	3.73 ± 0.14^d	55	1.95±0.01^g
2010	67	20.0 ± 0.30^efg	54	101 ± 1.29^de	54	339 ± 5.21^def	54	10.6 ± 0.07^bc	51	4.15 ± 0.09^c	51	1.99 ± 0.00^cde
2011	64	19.4 ± 0.29^fg	64	124 ± 1.94^a	64	438 ± 8.13^a	64	11.7 ± 0.08^a	38	4.99 ± 0.15^a	38	2.05 ± 0.01^a
2012	66	19.0 ± 0.17^g	97	106 ± 0.85^cd	97	365 ± 3.34^bcd	97	11.0 ± 0.03^b	82	4.58 ± 0.04^b	81	2.01 ± 0.00^bc
2016	113	24.4 ± 0.27^a	83	101 ± 2.28^de	83	319 ± 9.39^ef	83	9.86 ± 0.12^de	71	2.94 ± 0.08^fg	71	1.97 ± 0.00^efg
2017	68	21.9 ± 0.41^bc	63	80.8 ± 1.64^fg	63	245 ± 6.70^hg	63	9.00 ± 0.11^f	56	2.74 ± 0.10^g	56	1.89 ± 0.00^h
2018	120	21.2 ± 0.23^cd	43	80.0 ± 2.32^g	43	241 ± 10.3^h	43	8.89 ± 0.19^f	41	2.71 ± 0.15^g	41	1.88 ± 0.012^h

N: number of observations.

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p < 0.001: means within the same column and effect with different letters are significantly different.

Abbreviations: BWT, birthweight of calves; LSM, Least squares mean, NS, non‐significant; PADG, pre‐weaning average daily body weight gain of calves; PGE, pre‐weaning growth efficiency; PKR, pre‐weaning Kleiber ratio; PRGR, pre‐weaning relative growth rate; SE, standard error; WWT, weaning weight of calves.