Table 6. Hull-less Oats vs Conventional Oats fed to Yearling Fillies a |
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Item |
Treatments |
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Conventional |
Hull-less |
SEb |
P-Valueb |
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Body weights , lb |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |