3. Results
3.1. Forage analysis and animal performance
The mean and standard deviations of the bromatological analyses on the A. gayanus grass carried out during the experiment were 27.7 ± 0.12; 9.4 ± 2.8; 73.5 ± 3.2; 39.5 ± 2.9; 2.6 ± 0.19 and 4.86 ± 0.67 for DM, CP, NDF, ADF, EE and A, respectively.