Table 4. Intake and milk yield of Friesian cows fed various Napier grass cultivars.
Cultivar
Constituents†
A-Bana B-MH C-KK3 D-KK1 CV
Leaf: stem ratio 3.1a 2.6a 2.4a 1.7a 37.5
NDMI (Kg) 8.9a 8.7a 9.3a 9.0a 18.8
NDMI (g kg-1 BW0.75) 108.6a 106.1a 113.6a 109.7a 18.9
Milk (Kg) 6.2a 5.8b 6.3a 6.1a 11.4
Mean BCS 5.4a 5.2a 5.4a 5.7a 6.8
† NDMI = Napier grass dry matter intake; BW = body weight, MH = Machakos hairless, KK3 = Kakamega 3, KK1 =
Kakamega 1. ab Treatment means followed by the same letter superscript in the same row do not differ significantly (P <
0.05).