Research Article
Activity Budgets and Forage Selection of Podolian Cattle, a Semiwild Bovine Breed
Table 3
Botanical and chemical composition of pasture and Podolian bulls’ diet as observed in hand-plucked samples.
| | Pasture | Hand-plucked samples | SEM | | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer |
| | Herbage mass, g/m2 | 849.72 | 568.03 | — | — | 399.74 | | Grass, % | 81.83 | 60.63 | 78.62 | 61.26 | 5.87 | | Legumes, % | 5.99 | 6.36 | 4.62 | 3.27 | 2.12 | | Composites, % | 7.24 | 23.15 | 2.98 | 21.32 | 6.14 | | Others, % | 4.94 | 9.86 | 13.78 | 14.15 | 3.03 | | Dry matter | 29.98 | 66.72 | 26.97 | 61.82 | 6.12 | | Crude protein, % DM | 9.06 | 5.18 | 13.40 | 10.96 | 1.31 | | Ether extract, % DM | 1.34 | 1.20 | 1.35 | 1.58 | 0.17 | | Crude fiber, % DM | 24.34 | 33.95 | 21.04 | 30.58 | 2.24 | | Ash, % DM | 13.29 | 9.98 | 16.78 | 8.06 | 2.53 | | NDF1, % DM | 47.09 | 59.47 | 45.35 | 56.10 | 4.07 | | MFU2, kg DM | 0.64 | 0.51 | 0.68 | 0.57 | 0.03 |
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1Neutral detergent fiber.
2Meat feed unit (INRA,1988).
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