<p>Colostrum and milk replacer (MR) (<b>A</b>) and concentrate intake (<b>B</b>), total metabolizable energy (ME) intake, body weight (<b>D</b>), and average daily gain (<b>E</b>) in calves fed MR either <i>ad libitum</i> (ADLIB, black square, straight line) or restrictively (RES, white circle, dashed line) for the first five weeks of life. MR intake in ADLIB was gradually reduced during weeks 6 and 7 to amounts fed in RES. The data are presented as the least squares means ± standard error. <sup>†</sup>Trend between groups <i>P</i> < 0.1; *different between groups <i>P</i> < 0.05; **different between groups <i>P</i> < 0.01; and ***different between groups <i>P</i> < 0.001.</p
