| Inoculation (n = 5)a | SEM | P-value | |||
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Control | IBW | IDW | Inoculation | Tripletsc | ||
Performance | ||||||
 Body weight (kg) | 3.44 | 3.34 | 3.47 | 0.06 | 0.74 | 0.82 |
 Accumulated starter intake (g) | 101.43 | 104.63 | 124.59 | 16.15 | 0.75 | 0.08 |
ADG (g/d): | ||||||
 Overall (D7–28) | 35.02 | 39.97 | 37.89 | 1.79 | 0.55 | 0.39 |
 D 7–14 | 55.00 | 61.43 | 50.71 | 3.25 | 0.32 | 0.14 |
 D 14–21 | 77.14 | 82.86 | 75.00 | 5.02 | 0.96 | 0.38 |
 D 21–28 | −27.14 | −24.29 | −12.14 | 4.42 | 0.21 | 0.08 |
Weight of GI segment (g/kg BWb) | ||||||
 Rumen | 13.45 | 10.29 | 12.23 | 0.97 | 0.51 | 0.66 |
 Reticulum | 2.95 | 2.53 | 2.88 | 0.24 | 0.53 | 0.02 |
 Omasum | 1.44 | 1.44 | 1.31 | 0.11 | 0.90 | 0.74 |
 Abomasum | 6.88 | 7.37 | 7.79 | 0.22 | 0.31 | 0.56 |
 Small intestine | 28.88 | 27.29 | 29.87 | 0.90 | 0.43 | 0.20 |
 Colon+Cecum | 12.89 | 9.32 | 10.13 | 0.71 | 0.05 | 0.15 |
 Colon | 8.30d | 4.66b | 5.16b | 0.58 | 0.01 | 0.11 |
Length of intestinal segments (cm/kg BWb) | ||||||
 Small intestine | 183.86 | 181.13 | 181.10 | 4.09 | 0.95 | 0.91 |
 Colon+Cecum | 36.81 | 41.70 | 35.76 | 3.09 | 0.22 | 0.51 |