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Table 3 Effects of ingested E+ or E-Achatherum inebrians on feed intake and body weight of han sheep1,2

From: Effects of feeding drunken horse grass infected with Epichloë gansuensis endophyte on animal performance, clinical symptoms and physiological parameters in sheep

Week

Feed intake (g/d)

Body weight (kg)

E +

E -

Control

E +

E -

Control

0

434 ± 37.6b

488 ± 32.1a

510 ± 33.3a

20.1 ± 2.3

19.6 ± 4.3

20.9 ± 1.3

1

469 ± 28.9b

504 ± 46.3a

527 ± 46.3a

17.5 ± 1.5

19.2 ± 3.7

21.3 ± 1.0

2

435 ± 50.8b

493 ± 32.9a

513 ± 38.2a

17.3 ± 1.3b

20.3 ± 3.2a

22.4 ± 1.1a

3

458 ± 34.3b

507 ± 39.1a

529 ± 38.1a

15.7 ± 1.1b

20.3 ± 3.5a

23.1 ± 1.5a

4

481 ± 28.1b

527 ± 4.3a

537 ± 35.7a

15.8 ± 1.2c

19.4 ± 3.8b

22.8 ± 1.3a

5

464 ± 31.7b

520 ± 49.1a

510 ± 39.3a

15.0 ± 1.6b

20.9 ± 2.6a

22.9 ± 0.8a

  1. 1Data were recorded at 3 pm on Saturday of the 0, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th week
  2. 2E+ = drunken horse grass, Epichloë endophyte-infected; E- = drunken horse grass, endophyte-free
  3. a-bMeans within a row among three treatments not bearing a common superscript letter differ (P ≤ 0.05)