Table 5.
Effects of grazing management on fecal excretion of dry matter and phosphorus per cow over 2 years.
| Item | Month | Treatment† | SEM‡ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSU | CSR | RS | |||
| Fecal dry matter, kg d−1 | June | 7.02§ | 7.94 | 7.54 | 0.55 |
| Aug. | 6.72 | 6.84 | 6.11 | ||
| Fecal P, g kg−1 | June | 6.41a¶ | 6.05a | 4.84b | 0.17 |
| Aug. | 6.77a | 6.38a | 5.74b | ||
| Fecal P, g d−1 | June | 44.7 | 47.8 | 36.5 | 2.4 |
| Aug. | 44.7 | 43.3 | 35.3 | ||
†
CSR, continuous stocking with restricted stream access; CSU, continuous stocking with unrestricted stream access: RS, rotational stocking.
‡
Standard error of the mean (n = 8).
§
Means are averaged across years 2008 and 2009.
¶
Means within a row with different letters differ (P < 0.10).