NUTRITIONAL VALUE of the Crau Hay
1/ Organic values (in g/Kg of dry matter)
COUPES Dry matter Organic Matter Nitrogenous matter Crude dietary fibre UEM
1ère 91% 91 11.2 28.1 1.37
2ème 91% 92 12.2 26.9 1.06
3ème 91% 91 13.3 25.8 1.17

UEM: the value of the fodder volume expressed in volume unit for the ship
2/Energizing and nitrogenous (in g/Kg of dry matter)
COUPES UFL UFV UFC MAD MADC PDIE PDIN PDIA
1ère 0.77 0.69 0.67 64 57 80 70 30
2ème 0.75 0.66 0.64 71 64 81 76 32
3ème 0.79 0.72 0.7 83 72 83 83 35

Meaning of the abbreviation used by the french national institute for agronomic research (INRA):

UFL: Milk Fodder unit / UFV: Mead fodder unit / UFC: Horse fodder unit

MAD: digestible nitrogenous matter in dry matter / MADC digestible nitrogenous matter for the horse in dry matter

PDIA: proteins digestible in the intestine / PDIN: proteins digestible in the small intestine wich correspond to the food's nitrogen degraded in the paunch / PDIE: proteins digestible in the small intestine which correspond to the food's energy fermented in the paunch.
3/ Mineral value (in g/kg of dry matter)
COUPES Ca P Mg Na S K
1ère 10.5 3 2.21 2.50 2.19 18.29
2ème 11 3 2.56 2.80 2.33 12.9
3ème 13 4 3.34 4.18 3.29 13.09
in microgramme/kilogramme of dry matter

COUPES

 Iron Manganese Copper Zinc (1)
1ère 358 56.55 6.64 19.35
2ème 394 65.56 6.04 24.67
3ème 565 93 7.48 32
Sources: tables INRA des valeurs nutritives des aliments pour 100% MS
Laboratoire: EUROPE SOLS (ex LARA) à Toulouse

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