Table 4 Nutritional composition of the total daily diets (high starch and high fibre diets): hay plus complementary feed. Adapted from Raspa et al., [4]
High starch diet (HS) | High fibre diet (HF) | |
|---|---|---|
kg hay/horse/day | 6.0 | 8.0 |
kg complementary feed/animal/day | 8.0 | 3.5 |
Dry matter intake (kg/day) | 12.6 | 10.3 |
Net Energy (MJ/day) | 95.8 | 53.6 |
Crude protein (g/day) | 1557.2 | 1159.6 |
Digestible Crude Protein (g MADC/day) | 1177.7 | 723.3 |
Crude fat (g/day) | 285.4 | 192.7 |
Starch (g/day) | 3960 | 669 |
(g/kg BW/meal) | 5.70 | 0.97 |
Calcium (g/day) | 377.8 | 108.2 |
Phosphorus (g/day) | 188.6 | 35.8 |
Lysine (g/day) | 48.00 | 76.5 |
Vitamin E (mg/day) | 399.7 | 1105.0 |
Selenium (mg/day) | 0.48 | 1.72 |