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. 2022 Jul 27;6(3):txac102. doi: 10.1093/tas/txac102

Table 5.

Growth performance and feed efficiency (G:F)

Item TCD1 TFFE2 SE P-value
d 0 to 90
 Initial weight, kg 228.9 228.5 1.60 0.776
 d 90 weight, kg 347.8 347.9 3.40 0.988
 Deads-out ADG3, kg/d 1.29 1.28 0.04 0.932
 Deads-in ADG, kg/d 1.06 0.90 0.10 0.102
 G:F4, deads out 0.17 0.17 0.06 0.712
 G:F, deads in 0.13 0.09 0.85 0.114
d 91 to closeout
 Deads-out ADG, kg/d 1.23 1.21 0.03 0.580
 Deads-in ADG, kg/d 1.21 1.18 0.02 0.262
 G:F, deads-out 0.14 0.14 0.10 0.282
 G:F, deads-in 0.14 0.14 0.07 0.114
d 0 to closeout
 Deads-out ADG, kg/d 1.24 1.21 0.02 0.313
 Deads-in ADG, kg/d 1.16 1.08 0.03 0.033
 G:F, deads-out 0.15 0.15 0.04 0.193
 G:F, deads-in 0.14 0.13 0.10 0.014
 Shipping weight, kg 574.0 573.1 3.80 0.842

Metaphylaxis with tulathromycin (2.5 mg/kg BW), followed by first BRD treatment with ceftiofur crystalline acid (6.6 mg/kg BW), followed by second BRD treatment with danofloxacin (8 mg/kg BW).

Metaphylaxis with tildipirosin (4 mg/kg BW), followed by first BRD treatment with florfenicol-flunixin meglumine (40 mg/kg BW; 2.2 mg/kg BW), followed by second BRD treatment with enrofloxacin (12.5 mg/kg BW).

Average daily gain.

Gain:feed (DM basis).