Table 7.

ME and DM intake by type of feed: in total, for exercise and for maintenance for 60 performance horses

		Source of ME		ME content of feeds		Total DM intake		Total ME intake		ME intake for exercise		ME intake for maintenance
		%		MJ ME/kg DM		kg DM/kg BW/d		MJ ME/kg BW/d		MJ ME/kg BW/d		MJ ME/kg BW/d
Training discipline	n	Mean	MOE	Mean	MOE	Mean	MOE	Mean	MOE	Mean	MOE	Mean	MOE
Dressage	10
Forage and chaff		61.7%	11.1%	7.1	2.1%	0.013	11.1%	0.090	11.3%	0.0116	15.5%	0.0783	11.0%
Other feed		38.3%	18.7%	11.2	4.0%	0.005	15.8%	0.056	17.5%	0.0066	15.8%	0.0492	17.9%
Total		100.0%				0.018	3.8%	0.146	2.2%	0.0182	6.9%	0.1275	2.4%
Eventing	5
Forage and chaff		71.8%	11.6%	7.1	2.7%	0.014	12.1%	0.102	20.8%	0.0146	17.8%	0.0873	16.2%
Other feed		28.2%	22.2%	10.3	9.6%	0.004	19.2%	0.040	14.4%	0.0054	20.0%	0.0346	22.6%
Total		100.0%				0.018	7.3%	0.142	9.1%	0.0199	13.0%	0.1220	11.8%
Showjumping	15
Forage and chaff		60.2%	6.8%	6.5	1.8%	0.014	6.3%	0.089	11.9%	0.0121	6.0%	0.0766	8.2%
Other feed		39.8%	22.9%	9.8	4.0%	0.006	10.8%	0.059	7.5%	0.0090	15.7%	0.0497	11.4%
Total		100.0%				0.019	3.4%	0.147	3.6%	0.0210	7.8%	0.1263	3.7%
All rounders	26
Forage and chaff		77.2%	4.0%	6.7	1.4%	0.015	4.5%	0.101	5.1%	0.0130	6.7%	0.0884	5.1%
Other feed		22.8%	13.6%	9.5	2.9%	0.003	14.1%	0.030	13.7%	0.0039	15.6%	0.0259	13.7%
Total		100.0%				0.018	2.7%	0.131	2.5%	0.0170	5.6%	0.1143	2.6%
Inactive	4
Forage and chaff		70.3%	10.6%	6.5	3.0%	0.013	17.0%	0.088	19.2%	0.0019	52.4%	0.0860	20.2%
Other feed		29.7%	22.9%	9.8	4.5%	0.004	27.2%	0.037	29.6%	0.0016	51.2%	0.0356	28.8%
Total		100.0%				0.017	11.5%	0.125	10.6%	0.0035	51.8%	0.1216	10.9%
All horses	60
Forage and chaff		69.1%	4.9%	6.7	1.4%	0.014	5.0%	0.095	3.9%	0.0126	4.8%	0.0835	4.1%
Other feed		30.9%	10.9%	10.0	2.9%	0.004	11.0%	0.043	8.3%	0.0059	10.0%	0.0371	8.2%
Total		100.0%				0.018	2.7%	0.138	1.9%	0.0185	4.0%	0.1206	2.0%

Mean ME intake for exercise for “all horses” excludes “inactive horses.”