Table 1.

Chemical composition (% as fed) of hay and pelleted feed

	Hay	Cereal grain‐based pelleted feed HCGa	Pelleted fibrous feed HFGb
DMc	89.81	89.91	90.59
Crude protein	6.62	14.21	19.77
Ether extract	1.03	3.69	5.06
Crude fibre	30.04	4.44	11.53
Ash	6.23	8.30	10.78
Starch	0.27	49.50	19.11
NDFd	55.20	17.62	27.10
ADFe	35.06	6.44	15.28
ADLf	4.01	0.73	1.98

^aHigh cereal grains group (n = 9).

^bHigh fibre group (n = 10).

^cDry matter.

^dNeutral detergent fibre.

^eAcid detergent fibre.

^fAcid detergent lignin.