TABLE 2.

Chemical composition of hay and cube (mean ± SD ^a )

Item	Hay	Alfalfa‐mixed meadow grass cubes
Dry matter (%)	91.62 ± 0.02	86.10 ± 0.02
Organic matter (% of DM)	94.80 ± 0.11	87.80 ± 0.32
Crude protein (% of DM)	8.42 ± 0.48	20.64 ± 0.32
Ash (% of DM)	5.21 ± 0.11	12.21 ± 0.32
Neutral detergent fibre (% of DM)	75.53 ± 0.52	49.09 ± 0.24
Acid detergent fibre (% of DM)	45.92 ± 0.66	39.95 ± 0.66
Crude fat (% of DM)	0.95 ± 0.02	1.59 ± 0.05
Non‐fibre carbohydrates (% of DM)	9.90 ± 1.13	16.48 ± 0.83

Note: Non‐fibre carbohydrates = 100 − (crude ash + crude protein + crude fat + neutral detergent fibre).

^a Analysed in duplicate.