Table 5.

Energy intake and utilization by sheep grazed annual pasture or native pasture (n = 20)

Item1	Annual pasture	Native pasture	SEM2	P
GE, MJ/kg BW0.75	1.29	1.23	0.026	0.052
FE, MJ/kg BW0.75	0.31	0.33	0.003	<0.001
UE, MJ/kg BW0.75	0.17	0.19	0.002	<0.001
DE, MJ/kg BW0.75	0.98	0.90	0.027	0.010
ME, MJ/kg BW0.75	0.81	0.71	0.026	0.003
DE/GE, MJ/MJ	0.77	0.75	0.006	0.001
ME/GE, MJ/MJ	0.63	0.58	0.009	<0.001
ME/DE, MJ/MJ	0.82	0.79	0.005	<0.001
CH4-E, MJ/MJ	0.12	0.13	0.009	<0.001
CH4-E/ GE, MJ/MJ	0.09	0.10	0.002	<0.001
CH4-E/ DE, MJ/MJ	0.13	0.15	0.005	<0.001
CH4-E/ ME, MJ/MJ	0.15	0.18	0.005	<0.001

¹GE, gross energy; BW, body weight; FE, fecal energy; UE, urine energy; DE, digestion energy; ME, metabolic energy; CH₄-E, CH₄ energy.

²SEM = treatment standard error of the mean.