The nutritional status of pregnant and non-pregnant mares grazing South East Queensland pastures.
It has been reported that the increasing nutritional demands from mid to late pregnancy of grazing mares may not be met when these stages of gestation coincide with pastures being affected by frost. It was established in this study that grass/legume pastures could support the nutritional requirements of brood mares by providing digestible energy intakes of 68.0 and 91.7 MJ/day and digestible nitrogen intake of 91.2 and 138 g/day during mid and late pregnancy, respectively.
Gallagher
J R
JR
Department of Animal Sciences and Production, University of Queensland, Australia.
McMeniman
N P
NP
D000821:Animal Feed; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D003080:Cold Temperature; D005260:Female; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D011793:Queensland; D011891:Rain; D012621:Seasons