Table 3. Effects of dietary crude protein content on intake and growth performance of Hanwoo finishers

Item	Diet¹⁾		SEM	Gender			SEM	p-value
Item	Control	HCP	SEM	Cow	Heifer	Steer	SEM	Diet	Gender	Interaction
BW (kg)
Initial BW	628.5	616.4	14.89	662.9^a	555.2^b	649.3^a	21.9	0.57	< 0.01	0.64
Final BW	679.7	669.6	15.50	701.4^a	622.5^b	700.0^a	22.8	0.65	0.02	0.85
ADG (g/d)	538.5	558.5	50.65	406.2^b	705.3^a	534.0^ab	89.3	0.78	0.02	0.41
DMI (kg/d)	9.1	8.5	0.28	8.9^a	10.1^a	7.4^b	0.5	0.17	< 0.01	0.47
CPI (kg/d)	1.4	1.5	0.05	1.5^a	1.7^a	1.2^b	0.11	0.38	< 0.01	0.50
MEI (Mcal/d)	2.3	2.3	0.09	2.4	2.5	2.0	0.16	0.70	0.01	0.40
FCR	1.8	1.9	0.29	2.6	1.5	1.6	0.5	0.87	0.04	0.70

Control, containing 156 g/kg DM of CP; HCP, high level of crude protein, containing 173 g/kg DM of CP.
Means that do not significantly differ with common superscripts within treatments (p < 0.05).
BW, body weight; ADG, average daily gain; DMI, dry matter intake; CPI, crude protein intake; MEI, metabolizable energy intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio.