Table 2.

Alkaloid analysis of composited low endophyte (LE)- and high endophyte (HE)-infected forage samples^a.

Alkaloid (μg/g)	Pasture treatments			P-value
	LE	HE	SEM	TRT	Period	TRT by period
Across-periods
Ergovaline	0.018	0.276	0.016	<0.001	0.004	0.008
Ergovalinine	0.004	0.152	0.005	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Lysergic acid	0.002	0.064	0.011	0.002	0.731	0.908
Isolysergic acid	0.007	0.156	0.019	0.001	0.821	0.893
Within-periods
Ergovaline
Period 1	<0.001	0.260	0.028	<0.001
Period 2	0.023	0.173	0.028	0.002
Period 3	0.030	0.393	0.028	<0.001
Ergovalinine
Period 1	<0.001	0.087	0.008	<0.001
Period 2	0.010	0.100	0.008	<0.001
Period 3	0.003	0.270	0.008	<0.001
Lysergic acid
Period 1	<0.001	0.053	0.019	0.071
Period 2	0.007	0.077	0.019	0.023
Period 3	<0.001	0.063	0.019	0.037
Isolysergic acid
Period 1	<0.001	0.140	0.032	0.010
Period 2	0.020	0.160	0.032	0.010
Period 3	<0.001	0.167	0.032	0.032

^aAcross- and within-periods proximate analysis values are presented on a DM basis. Samples were obtained systematically from approximately 30 sites in each pasture, using a knife to cut the forage at approximately 2 cm above soil level. Data are presented as least square means (±SEM).