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Table 2 Body weight gain and feed intake of Hanwoo steers fed with different supplementary hay

From: Effect of mixed hay supplementation during fattening on carcass traits and meat quality of Hanwoo steers

Ā 

RS

MH

TH

SEM

P value

Animal performance

ā€ƒInitial weight (kg)

637.67

623.00

638.33

12.42

0.40

ā€ƒFinal weight (kg)

771.00

772.33

765.17

14.57

0.39

ā€ƒWeight gain (kg)

133.33

149.33

126.83

5.28

0.21

ā€ƒAverage daily gain (kg)

0.89

0.99

0.85

0.05

0.22

Daily dry matter intake

ā€ƒConcentrate (kg)

10.26

10.09

9.53

-

-

ā€ƒHay (kg)

0.99

1.01

0.72

-

-

ā€ƒTotal (kg)

11.25

11.10

10.25

-

-

ā€ƒADG/DDMIa

0.08

0.09

0.08

-

-

  1. RS rice straw, MH mixed hay, TH timothy hay
  2. SEM standard error of the means
  3. Means within each row are not significantly different (Pā€‰>ā€‰0.05)
  4. aAverage daily gain to total daily dry matter intake ratio