Table 1 Nutrient contents of experimental feeds and daily dietary intake
Variables | Experimental feed | Daily dietary intake (mean across all weeks) (kg/100 kg BW) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pelleted sainfoin | Hay of grass/clover | Concentrate | Group SF | Group CO | ||
DM (%) | 90.0 | 86.5 | 89.6 | 3.28 ± 0.33 | 3.36 ± 0.29 | |
Ash (% of DM) | 9.0 | 4.9 | 7.0 | |||
CP (% of DM) | 17.2 | 8.4 | 20.4 | 0.54 ± 0.04 | 0.52 ± 0.06 | |
NDF (% of DM) | 26.0 | 57.7 | 28.6 | 0.92 ± 0.14 | 1.36 ± 0.10 | |
DOM (% of DM) | 58.7 | 56.1 | 77.6 | 1.92 ± 0.19 | 2.31 ± 0.22 | |
ME (MJ/kg DM) | 9.7 | 7.2 | 10.5 | (MJ/% BW) | 31.0 ± 2.74 | 30.5 ± 2.92 |
P (% of DM) | 0.2 | – | 0.5 | |||
Ca (% of DM) | 2.1 | – | 0.7 | |||
CT (% of DM) | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||