- Roughages used as animal feeds (nutrient values on as-fed basis)
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▪ TableRoughages used as animal feeds(nutrient values on "as-fed" basis)*dry matter total digestible nutrients protein fat crude fibreDry (hay)alfalfa hay, midbloom 91.0 52.2 17.0 3.3 25.5Bermuda grass, late vegetative 91.0 44.6 7.1 2.5 29.0brome, smooth hay, midbloom 88.0 49.3 8.8 1.9 29.0clover, Ladino 89.0 53.4 19.9 2.4 18.5oat hay 91.0 48.2 8.6 2.2 29.1peanut hay 90.7 44.7 9.9 3.3 30.3soybean hay 89.1 47.7 14.1 2.2 30.6timothy hay, midbloom 88.9 52.5 8.6 2.3 30.0Green (fresh)alfalfa, fresh 26.0 15.9 5.3 1.0 6.0Bermuda grass 28.9 17.8 4.2 0.6 7.7brome, smooth 36.0 21.7 4.2 1.0 11.0clover, Ladino 17.7 13.8 4.4 0.8 2.5fescue 28.4 17.6 3.6 1.1 8.5orchard grass 22.6 15.1 5.7 1.1 5.7rape 16.7 11.3 2.9 0.6 2.5ryegrass 26.6 16.9 3.0 1.3 6.7Silagesalfalfa silage, midbloom 38.0 22.0 6.5 1.2 12.7corn silage, 35% grain 33.0 22.8 2.8 0.9 7.2sorghum silage 30.0 18.0 2.8 0.8 7.3soybean silage 30.2 16.2 5.2 0.8 9.0timothy silage 33.5 19.9 4.0 1.1 11.7* "As-fed" basis is the nutrient concentration in the material as presented to the animal. Multiplying the as-fed value by the dry matter percentage will convert the nutrients to a dry matter basis.See as table:
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Universalium. 2010.