Effects of supplements differing in fatty acid profile to late gestational beef cows on cow performance, calf growth performance, and mRNA expression of genes associated with myogenesis and adipogenesis

Table 8 Effects of late gestation supplementation of Ca salts of saturated/monounsaturated fatty acids (CON) or polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) on calf performance

Item^a	CON^b	PUFA^c	SEM	P-value
Gestation length, d	275.3	276.2	1.26	0.46
Birth BW, kg	37.5	37.3	0.62	0.75
Weaning BW, kg	206	195	4.4	0.05
Pre-weaning ADG, kg/d	0.91	0.85	0.023	0.06
Weaning age, d	186	185	1.5	0.57

^aBW Body weight, ADG Average daily gain
^bCON = cows were supplemented soybean hulls mixed with 155 g DM/cow/d EnerGII (Virtus Nutrition LLC, Corcoran, CA) for 77 ± 6 d prepartum
^cPUFA = cows were supplemented soybean hulls mixed with 80 g DM/cow/d Strata + 80 g DM/cow/d Prequel (Virtus Nutrition LLC, Corcoran, CA) for 77 ± 6 d prepartum

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