. 2021 Oct 11;99(11):skab284. doi: 10.1093/jas/skab284

Table 2.

Intake of nutrients by mature horses fed alfalfa, rhizoma peanut, and bermudagrass hays¹

Daily intake	Hay			SEM	P-value
	Alfalfa	Rhizoma peanut	Bermudagrass
Dry matter	11.8	11.8	12.0	0.05	0.0939
Organic matter	10.4	10.6	10.1	0.14	0.0718
Digestible energy, Mcal/d	29.91^a	29.37^a	20.78^b	0.35	<0.0001
Crude protein	2.54^a	1.86^b	1.48^c	0.025	<0.0001
Neutral detergent fiber	3.86^c	4.68^b	7.18^a	0.090	<0.0001
Hemicellulose	0.84^c	1.22^b	3.15^a	0.038	<0.0001
Acid detergent fiber	3.00^c	3.47^b	4.07^a	0.050	<0.0001
Cellulose	2.32^c	2.62^b	3.53^a	0.042	<0.0001
Ether extract	0.28^a	0.28^a	0.20^b	0.010	0.0011
Ethanol-soluble carbohydrates	0.94^a	0.90^a	0.41^b	0.010	<0.0001
Water-soluble carbohydrates	1.17^a	1.03^b	0.71^c	0.010	<0.0001
Starch	0.15^a	0.15^a	0.08^b	0.003	<0.0001
Nonstructural carbohydrates	1.31^a	1.17^b	0.80^c	0.015	<0.0001
Calcium, g/d	189^a	155^b	53^c	1.9	<0.0001
Phosphorus, g/d	30^b	35^a	31^b	0.4	<0.0001
Calcium:Phosphorus, ratio	6.3^a	4.4^b	1.7^c	0.01	<0.0001

¹Intake is expressed as kg/d unless otherwise specified.

^a–cWithin row, means without a common letter differ based on a Tukey’s test (P ≤ 0.05).