Initial BW was similar among treatments (Table 2).
Consistent with greater (P = 0.0001) amounts of total
intake energy (diet plus infusate), empty BW (EBW; P
≤ 0.03) was greater, and final live BW was greater ortended to be greater, for steers fed the basal diet at the
high MEI (P = 0.03) or infused with starch (P = 0.08)
compared with those on the LI-H2O treatment. Site of
SH infusion (R-SH vs. A-SH) did not affect dietary or
total intake energy. Glucose infusion resulted in a slight
decrease (P = 0.10) in feed intake energy compared with
the A-SH treatment, but total intake energy did not
differ between the 2 treatment groups.