Claim · model-written summary
In Year 2 no differences in intake were detected between the bermudagrass hays.
- Taxon
- bermudagrass
Cynodon dactylone0 - Outcome
- intakee4
- Direction
- no differencese4
- Qualifier
- in Year 2e4
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Compared are dry matter (DM) intake and digestion of Coastal bermudagrass (CB), T44, and T85 hays”
e4“In Year 1, sheep consumed more CB than either T44 or T85, whereas in Year 2, no differences in intake were detected”
Title
J. C. Burns; D. S. Fisher Crop Science 2007. doi:10.2135/cropsci06.04.0253
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Observation Coastal bermudagrass hay had greater DM intake than T44 in one of three experiments.
- Observation DM intake did not differ between Coastal and the other cultivars in the other two experiments.
- Association Greater Coastal intake was associated with greater DM digestion.
- Observation T44 had greater DM digestion than Coastal in one trial.
- Observation T44 did not differ in DM digestion from Coastal in the other trial.
- Observation In Year 1, sheep consumed more Coastal than T44 or T85.
- Observation Coastal was digested least compared with T44 and T85 in both experiments.
- Observation T85 had the greatest DM digestion in one of two years.
- Observation Coastal hay had the least in vitro true dry matter disappearance (IVTDMD).
- Observation T85 generally had the greatest in vitro true dry matter disappearance (IVTDMD).
- Observation Animal response data showed little advantage of T44 over Coastal.
- Observation Tifton 85 appears to have greater digestible fiber than Coastal.