The preweaning mean daily weight gain was significantly higher (P < 0.0001, Table 1) in calves fed lacteal-derived CR compared with calves fed pooled MC.
Mean daily gain, feed intake and gain:feed was not affected by dietary treatment.
Variance components were estimated from weekly means of daily feed intake by means of a Bayesian analysis using Gibbs sampling.
This means daily cleaning, without fail.
However, the total means of daily feed intake during the total period of experiment were similar for the animals received MSTD or PSTD, but it was reduced (P < 0.05) when the MSWS was included in the diets, either pellet or mash form.
A quadratic polynomial in days on test was used as a regression function for weekly means of daily feed intake and to escribe its residual variance.
Mean meal duration was 247±158 s and the mean daily time spent feeding was 38±25 min. The mean quantity of milk intake was 176±132 ml per meal and 1.68±0.8 l per day.
Once a week for the first 13 weeks, then every 2 weeks until the rats were 110 weeks of age, the mean daily drinking water and feed consumption was measured per cage, and body weight was measured individually.
Mean daily drinking water and feed consumption were measured per cage, and body weight was measured individually, beginning at 6 weeks of age and continuing once each week for the first 13 weeks, then every 2 weeks until animals reached 110 weeks of age.
There was no differences between the groups in daily feed intake, with group means for the whole experiment period ranging between 1.33 1.42 kg DM/lamb/day (mean intake of ME 14,5 MJ/lamb/day).
