Diet | DM | Ash | CP | CF | NDF | Starch | Ca | P | Mg |
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AC | 9383 ± 120 | 461 ± 9 | 1190 ± 19.5 | 2978 ± 54 | 5265 ± 75 | 1410 ± 7 | 82 ± 1.6 | 27 ± 0.4 | 16 ± 0.2 |
AP | 9798 ± 167 | 608 ± 21 | 1232 ± 31 | 2937 ± 54 | 5585 ± 79 | 1410 ± 9.5 | 86 ± 4 | 26 ± 0.4 | 16 ± 0.3 |
HA | 10,800 | 457 | 1270 | 3286 | 6729 | 1404 | 89 | 29 | 20 |
- Intake is expressed as grams
- AC: diet including 3 kg alfalfa chaff, 4.3 kg grass hay, 2.7 kg oats, 240 g soybean meal, 70 g calcium oxide and 40 g of a commercial trace element mixture; AP: diet including 3 kg alfalfa pellets, 5.0 kg grass hay, 2.7 kg oats, and 40 g of a commercial trace element mixture; HA: diet including 8.3 kg grass hay, 3 kg oats, 0.5 kg soybean meal, 120 g CaCO3 and 40 g of a commercial trace element mixture
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Ca calcium, DM dry matter, CF crude fiber, CP crude protein, HA diet including hay, Mg magnesium, NDF neutral detergent fiber, P phosphorus