| Groups |
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LGc
| OGd
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P value |
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Daily gain (g) | 153 ± 13a
| 126 ± 9b
| 0.042 |
Carcass weight cold (kg) | 22.8 ± 1.2a
| 20.0 ± 1.2b
| 0.047 |
Index of spleen (%)c
| 0.43 ± 0.02a
| 0.34 ± 0.03b
| 0.004 |
Index of liver (%)c
| 3.36 ± 0.11a
| 2.98 ± 0.03b
| 0.010 |
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a, b Values within a row not sharing a common superscript letter indicate significant difference at P < 0.05. Numbers are means ± SD. (Daily gain: n = 12 for LG, n = 48 for OG; n = 3 for indices of immune organs). Immune organ indexes were calculated as the ration of organ weight to body weight
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c
LG light grazing
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d
OG overgrazing