Table 6

Table 6. Hull-less Oats vs Conventional Oats fed to Yearling Fillies^a
Item	Treatments
Item	Conventional oat	Hull-less oat	SE^b	P-Value^b
Body weights, lb
Initial	727.6	721.8	18.4	.83
Day 28	727.4	738.5	6.2	.23
Day 56	742.8	759.1	6.3	.10
Final	750.9	775.2	6.4	.02
Average daily gain, lb
First 28 days	.09	.49	.220	.23
Second 28 days	.55	.74	.146	.39
Last 28 days	.29	.57	.137	.17
Overall	.31	.60	.076	.02
Body length, cm
Initial	135.8	135.3	.97	.73
Day 28	133.8	135.1	.58	.14
Day 56	135.1	136.3	.48	.10
Final	134.2	136.4	.57	.02
Cannon circumference, cm
Initial	17.1	17.1	.13	.99
Day 28	17.0	17.1	.06	.68
Day 56	17.1	17.2	.09	.67
Final	17.0	17.0	.07	.95
Forearm circumference, cm
Initial	49.1	49.9	.43	.23
Day 28	48.5	48.1	.35	.37
Day 56	49.9	49.0	.40	.12
Final	49.8	49.3	.32	.27
Girth circumference, cm
Initial	158.4	156.7	.80	.18
Day 28	156.7	157.5	.40	.18
Day 56	157.8	159.0	.51	.13
Final	158.3	159.4	.52	.17
Gaskin circumference, cm
Initial	40.7	40.7	.24	.85
Day 28	40.2	40.7	.19	.07
Day 56	40.2	41.0	.13	.001
Final	40.2	40.6	.16	.06
Hip height, in
Initial	57.1	56.4	.29	.14
Day 28	57.0	57.1	.19	.87
Day 56	57.5	57.2	.25	.41
Final	57.3	57.3	.22	.99
Wither height, in
Initial	55.5	54.5	.44	.14
Day 28	55.3	55.5	.19	.52
Day 56	55.7	55.6	.19	.88
Final	55.7	55.7	.19	.84
^{a Weight, average daily gain and initial body measurements, with the exception of initial weight, were all tested using weight as a covariate. Intermediate and final body measurements were tested using the value of that measurement at the initiation of the experiment as a covariate. b In each row, SE ( for conventional oat means) and P-value refer to standard error of a mean and the probability of a treatment effect. One filly in the hull-less oat treatment died during the study. Number of fillies completing the study were 10 and 9 for the conventional and hull-less oat treatments, respectively.}