. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Animal. 2019 Nov 6;14(4):799–806. doi: 10.1017/S1751731119002696

Table 2.

Nutrient composition (dry matter basis) of the total mixed ration (TMR) diet and energy and dry matter offered to Polypay × Dorset pregnant sheep during breeding (0–34 gestational days) mid-pregnancy (85–115 gestational days), and late pregnancy (116 gestational days to term).

	Breeding	Mid-Pregnancy	Late Pregnancy
ME (Mcal/kg)	2.35	2.35	2.42
CP (%)	12.3	13.5	14.1
ME intake (Mcal/ewe/day)	2.61	2.82	3.48
DM intake (kg/ewe/day)	1.11	1.20	1.44

CP: Crude protein; DM: Dry matter; ME: Metabolizable energy.