Table 2.

Chemical composition and secondary metabolites of grass-clover, forb-, and legume-based pastures in period 1 (April 29 to May 19) and period 2 (May 19 to June 6)

							P-values*
	Grass	Forb	Legume	Period 1	Period 2	SEM	Pas	Per	P × P
Ash, % DM	9.2b	11.3a	9.8b	9.2b	10.9a	0.32	0.01	0.01	0.71
CP, % DM	17.9b	18.7b	23.0a	18.2b	21.5a	0.79	0.01	0.01	0.06
ADF, % DM	25.4a	24.6a	22.8b	24.9	23.6	0.76	0.01	0.06	0.35
NDF, % DM	45.5a	35.5b	36.5b	40.0	38.4	1.27	0.01	0.14	0.43
EE, % DM	1.8	1.9	2.1	2.0	1.8	0.14	0.16	0.07	0.26
NFC1, % DM	28.2b	35.5a	30.6b	33.6a	29.3b	1.33	0.01	0.01	0.69
CT, mg/g DM	2.96	3.11	3.25	2.95	3.26	0.196	0.34	0.06	0.07
HT, mg/g DM	—	17.1 (±2.10)	—	15.9 (±1.98)	18.4 (±1.33)	—	—	—	—

¹ NRC (2001).

^a–bMeans within a row and category with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05).

*Pas, pasture; Per, period; P × P, pasture and period interaction; SEM, standard error for interaction.