Table 1.

Effect of pasture diversity (diverse or simple) and spatial arrangement (mix or separated) on herbage mass, apparent intake, and body condition.

Items	Diverse		Simple		SEM 6	p Values 7
	Mix	Separated	Mix	Separated		D	SA	D × SA
Pre-GPM 1, kg of DM/ha	3321	3151	3237	2955	96.3	0.19	0.06	0.58
Post-GPM, kg of DM/ha	1729	1584	1764	1357	140	0.51	0.09	0.38
Herbage DMI 2, kg/cow/day	16.0	15.8	14.8	16.1	1.24	0.73	0.69	0.56
Total DMI, kg/cow/day	18.0	17.8	16.8	18.1	1.24	0.73	0.69	0.56
MEI 3, MJ/day	202	201	185	206	13.5	0.68	0.50	0.46
Herbage DMI/kg of BW 4, g/kg	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.2	0.28	0.63	0.96	0.67
Total DMI/kg of BW, g/kg	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.6	0.28	0.62	0.92	0.68
BCS 5	3.0	3.1	2.9	2.8	0.06	0.03	0.80	0.49
Activity, steps/h	199.4	181.7	212.2	186.3	5.93	0.15	0.01	0.50

¹ Grazing pasture mass; ² Dry matter intake; ³ Metabolizable energy intake; ⁴ Body weight; ⁵ Body condition score; ⁶ SEM: Standard error for interaction; ⁷ D: Diversity; SA: Spatial arrangement; D × SA: Interaction.