Table 1.

Least squares means and standard errors of means for preweaning body and health measurements, weaning body measurements, and milk feeding behaviors of organic dairy calves by feeding treatment¹

Measurement	Whole milk (n = 40)		Milk replacer (n = 41)
	LSM	SE	LSM	SE
Birth weight (kg)	36.86	0.85	38.05	0.85
Weaning weight (kg)	79.4	2.48	77.86	2.47
Weaning hip height (cm)	91.84	1.21	91.09	1.20
Weaning heart girth (cm)	100.90	1.36	101.05	1.36
Total gain (birth to weaning; kg)	40.72	2.48	39.17	2.47
ADG (kg/d)	0.73	0.04	0.70	0.04
Milk intake (kg, DM basis)	48.56a	1.89	50.90b	1.89
Gain-to-feed ratio	0.84	0.02	0.77	0.02
Feed-to-gain ratio	1.24	0.04	1.32	0.04
Fecal score	0.88a	0.08	1.54b	0.08
Visit duration (min/visit)	2.4a	0.2	3.01b	0.2
Drinking speed (mL/min)	1,301.4a	1.2	581.0b	1.2

^a,bMeans within a row without common superscripts are different at P < 0.05.

¹Reported means and SE are based on feeding treatment averages during the preweaning period.