Table 1.
Nutritional composition of the intakes of the different rearing systems (%Dry Matter).
| Group | Raw Matter | Period | % | %CP | %EE | %ADF | %NDF | %Sugar | %Starch | NEg Mcal/KgIDM | %C14:0 | %C16:0 | %C18:0 | %C18:1 | %C18:2 | %C18:3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F100 | Natural pasture | Complete | 100 | 9.80 | 2.10 | 40.27 | 58.01 | 6.62 | 2.00 | 0.57 | 0.03 | 0.43 | 0.06 | 0.20 | 0.56 | 0.54 |
| F74 | Natural pasture | Growing | 50 | 4.92 | 1.07 | 20.13 | 29.01 | 3.30 | 1.02 | 0.28 | ||||||
| Pasture hay | Finishing | 24 | 2.36 | 0.51 | 9.84 | 14.16 | 1.58 | 0.49 | 0.14 | |||||||
| Barley + Oats | Finishing | 26 | 3.64 | 0.51 | 1.99 | 4.50 | 0.50 | 11.03 | 0.31 | |||||||
| Total | 100 | 10.92 | 2.09 | 31.96 | 47.67 | 5.38 | 12.54 | 0.73 | 0.02 | 0.40 | 0.05 | 0.26 | 0.60 | 0.42 | ||
| F35 | Cereal straw | Complete | 35 | 1.61 | 0.32 | 16.00 | 24.89 | 0.00 | 0.56 | 0.16 | ||||||
| Composite feed | Complete | 65 | 10.36 | 1.68 | 7.13 | 18.29 | 3.50 | 18.06 | 0.75 | |||||||
| Total | 100 | 11.97 | 2.00 | 23.13 | 43.18 | 3.50 | 18.62 | 0.91 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.65 | 0.08 | ||
CP: crude protein; EE: ether extract; ADF: acid detergent fibre; NDF: neutral detergent fibre, NEg: net energy of gain; IDM: ingested dry matter.