Table 1 Nutrient acquired by calves from concentrate supplemented

Conc. DMI (kg/day)

1.61

1.62

1.55

1.59 ± 0.03

Conc. DMI (g/kg W^0.75)

42.22

41.68

38.22

40.71 ± 2.12

Conc. DMI (g/kg BW)

12.55

12.29

11.13

11.99 ± 0.62

   OMI (kg/day)

1.43

1.44

1.38

1.42 ± 0.03

   OMI (g/kg W^0.75)

37.56

37.07

34.00

36.21 ±1.57

   OMI (g/kg BW)

11.16

10.93

9.90

10.66 ± 0.55

   Ash intake (kg/day)

0.13

0.13

0.13

0.13 ± 2.62

   Ash intake (g/kgW^0.75)

3.52

3.48

3.19

3.40 ± 0.15

   Ash intake (g/kg BW)

1.05

1.02

0.93

1.00 ± 0.05

   CPI intake (kg/day)

0.45

0.45

0.43

0.44 ± 0.01

   CPI (g/kg W^0.75)

11.77

11.55

10.65

11.32 ± 0.48

   CPI (g/kg BW)

3.49

3.41

3.10

3.33 ± 0.17

   NDF intake (kg/day)

0.73

0.73

0.70

0.72 ± 0.01

   NDF intake (g/kg W^0.75)

19.21

18.87

17.37

18.48 ± 0.80

   NDF intake (g/kg BW)

5.71

5.57

5.06

5.45 ± 0.28

   ADF intake (kg/day)

0.38

0.38

0.36

0.37 ± 0.01

   ADF intake (g/kg W^0.75)

42.31

41.60

38.29

40.73 ± 1.75

   ADF intake (g/kg BW)

2.96

2.89

2.63

2.83 ± 0.17

   ADL intake (kg/day)

0.07

0.07

0.07

0.07 ± 0.01

   ADL intake (g/kg W^0.75)

42.31

41.60

38.31

40.74 ± 1.74

   ADL intake (g/kg BW)

0.55

0. 55

0.50

0.53 ± 0.02