Production and chemical composition of lactating dairy cows on pasture submitted to different feeding systems

SUMMARY This study aimed to evaluate the intake, digestibility coefficient of nutrients, production and chemical composition of lactating dairy cows on pasture submitted to different feeding systems: exclusive pasture (PE); pasture associated with sugarcane and urea 1% of the total natural matter (PCU); pasture associated with 4 kg day −1 concentrate supplement (PSC); pasture associated with sorghum silage and 2 kg day −1 concentrate supplement (PSC), and pasture associated with sorghum silage (PSS). The experimental design was a Latin square 5 × 5, consisting of five experimental periods, with fourteen days of adaptation and five days of collection. Consuming dry matter pasture, total dry matter, dry matter in relation to body weight, neutral detergent fiber and totals digestible nutrients, showed no effect (P> 0.10) depending on the feeding systems. It was observed effect systems (P