Table 3.

Effects of bunk space allotment on performance of limit-fed growing calves during a 58-d receiving period

Item,	Treatment, cm					P-value2
	25	38	51	64	SEM1	Lin	Quad	Cubic
No. of pens	7	7	7	7
No of animals	96	97	95	97
Body weight, kg
Day 0	214	216	215	216	3.5	0.76	0.93	0.67
Day 29	238	241	243	243	3.8	0.16	0.50	0.92
Day 58	257	260	263	260	3.6	0.38	0.29	0.58
ADG, kg/d
0–29	0.81	0.88	0.98	0.94	0.067	0.03	0.23	0.38
29–58	0.65	0.64	0.70	0.59	0.047	0.40	0.15	0.10
0–58	0.73	0.76	0.84	0.76	0.045	0.22	0.10	0.12
DMI, kg/d
0–29	4.10	4.10	4.11	4.10	0.013	0.48	0.12	0.27
29–58	4.76	4.76	4.80	4.75	0.037	0.89	0.44	0.30
0–58	4.42	4.41	4.46	4.42	0.025	0.56	0.50	0.12
G:F, kg/kg
0–29	0.09	0.10	0.11	0.10	0.022	0.14	0.36	0.68
29–58	0.06	0.06	0.07	0.06	0.007	0.52	0.46	0.25
0–58	0.07	0.08	0.09	0.08	0.005	0.13	0.32	0.16
Bunk Score
1000 h	1.64	1.72	2.03	1.83	0.451	0.06	0.20	0.13
1300 h	1.02	1.01	1.02	1.01	0.056	0.80	0.75	0.21

Mixed-model standard error of the mean (SEM) associated with comparison of treatment main-effect means.

P-value associated with linear, quadratic, or cubic effects of bunk allotment.