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Table 3 Availability of dry matter (DM), residual biomass (RB), daily accumulation rate (DAR), forage allowance (FA), leaf:stem ratio and stocking rate of Brachiaria brizantha in the three experimental periods

From: Comparison of protein and energy supplementation to mineral supplementation on feeding behavior of grazing cattle during the rainy to the dry season transition

Item

Period

Mean

1st (March)

2nd (April)

3rd (may)

Availability of DM (kg DM/ha)a

5285.0

4273.8

3859.8

4472.8

RB (kg DM/ha/day)b

179.1

152.6

137.8

156.5

DAR (kg DM/ha/day)c

20.2

18.3

13.6

17.3

FA (kg DM/100 kg body weight/day)d

15.6

8.5

5.9

10.0

Leaf:stem ratio

0.97

0.81

0.50

0.76

Stocking rate (animal unit/ha)e

0.88

0.99

1.02

0.96

  1. aDetermined as described by McMeniman (1997)
  2. bEstimated according to the double-sampling method (Wilm et al. 1994)
  3. cDetermined by the equation proposed by Campbell (1966)
  4. dDetermined by the equation proposed by Prohmann et al. (2004)
  5. eConsidering the animal unit 450 kg body weight