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Activity Budgets and Forage Selection of Podolian Cattle, a Semiwild Bovine Breed

Table 7

Botanical and chemical composition of Podolian cows’ diet as observed in hand-plucked samples (means ± SE).
Grass, %68.38 ± 2.84
Legumes, % 0.80 ± 0.34
Composites, %1.45 ± 1.16
Ferns, %15.69 ± 1.89
Other plants, %13.63 ± 2.72
Dry matter45.08 ± 2.26
Crude protein, % DM9.99 ± 0.62
Ether extract, % DM1.44 ± 0.07
Crude fiber, % DM29.66 ± 0.87
Ash, % DM7.66 ± 0.55
NDF1, % DM60.32 ± 1.39
MFU2/kg DM 0.68 ± 0.01
1Neutral detergent fibre.
2Meat feed unit.