Fermentation quality of herbal tea residue and its application in fattening cattle under heat stress

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 3 Effect of fermented herbal tea residue feed on feed intake and weight gain of fattening cattle

Items	CN	LC	HC
Initial weight (kg)	518.29 ± 27.24	521.43 ± 38.45	524 ± 34.21
Final weight (kg)	542.94 ± 26.52	550.13 ± 37.35	558.33 ± 32.55
ADG (kg/day)	0.94 ± 0.05^b	1.09 ± 0.09^ab	1.26 ± 0.05^a
Feed intake (kg/day)	12.64 ± 0.21^c	13.41 ± 0.21^b	14.27 ± 0.18^a
Feed conversion ratio (F/G)	13.85 ± 1.07^a	12.61 ± 0.53^b	11.64 ± 0.40^c

The values were calculated as the means ± standard error (N = 15); Different letters showed significant difference (P < 0.05), while the same letter or no letter showed no significant difference (P > 0.05)
HTR herbal tea residue; CN no herbal tea residues, the control group, LC 15% fermented HTRs replaced, the 15% replacement group, HC 30% fermented HTRs replaced, the 30% replacement group

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