Table 2.

Live growth performance of heifers fed 10-G

	TRTa
Item	CON	10-G	SEM	P-value
n pens	10	10	—	—
Initial BW, kg	290.9	291.0	9.9	0.95
Final BW, kg	543.0	545.3	8.9	0.79
ADG, kg	1.37	1.38	0.02	0.69
DMI, kg	8.89	8.98	0.27	0.63
G:F	0.154	0.155	0.005	0.81
Morbidity, %	9.57	9.37	—	0.90
Mortalities and removals, %	6.17	6.98	—	0.55

^a Treatments included no DFM contained in the diet (CON) and a diet containing L. acidophilus, E. faecium, P. pentosaceus, L. brevis, and L. plantarum fed at 2 g/heifer/d providing 1 × 109 CFU (10-G) (Life Products, Inc., Norfolk, NE).