Table 3.
Effects of diets with different NFC/NDF on the growth performance of calves.
| Items | Treatment 1 | SEM 2 | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H Group | M Group | L Group | |||
| Initial body weight/kg | 95.04 | 93.82 | 93.23 | 9.27 | 0.481 |
| Final body weight/kg | 190.88 | 183.43 | 171.27 | 2.96 | 0.964 |
| Body weight gain/kg | 92.73 a | 77.07 b | 70.87 b | 3.12 | 0.009 |
| Average daily gain/kg | 1.14 a | 1.00 b | 0.93 b | 0.03 | 0.008 |
| Dry matter intake/(kg/d) | 4.09 | 3.81 | 3.85 | 0.11 | 0.605 |
| Feed to gain ratio | 3.65 | 3.81 | 4.15 | 0.09 | 0.169 |
a,b Means within a row with different superscripts differ (p < 0.05). 1 The calves in H group were fed diet with H, NFC/NDF = 1.10. M, NFC/NDF = 0.94. L, NFC/NDF = 0.60. 2 SEM=Standard error of mean.