Table 1 Forage quality: metabolizable energy, crude protein and digestible dry matter of forage calculated from the diet botanical composition of pregnant goats

 Alopecurus sp.

1.93

91

53.92

 Bromus sp.

2.35

152

65.40

 Distichlis sp.

1.62

27

44.80

 Panicum sp.

1.93

91

53.92

 Poa sp.

2.34

80

64.70

 Rytidosperma sp.

2.36

152

65.40

 Sporobolus sp.

1.16

57

34.00

 Pappostipa sp.

1.73

81

49.20

 Trisetum sp.

1.93

91

53.92

 Acantholippia sp.

1.53

65

43.70

 Adesmia campestris

2.35

82

65.20

 Anarthrophyllum sp.

1.59

107

44.00

 Atriplex sp.

2.17

175

60.00

 Chuquiraga sp.

1.45

64

40.10

 Cyclolepis sp.

1.71

47

48.50

 Discaria nana

1.67

90

48.11

 Ephedra sp.

1.53

49

42.40

 Hyalis argentea

2.20

68

61.60

 Junellia sp.^a

1.89

109

52.40

 Larrea sp.

2.13

171

59.70

 Maihuenia sp.

1.09

16

30.10

 Azorella prolífera

1.47

37

40.60

 Nardophyllum sp.^b

1.77

45

49.00

 Nassauvia sp.

1.06

47

29.50

 Prosopidastrum sp.

1.50

117

42.90

 Prosopis denudans

1.34

108

38.90

 Schinus sp.

1.61

83

45.80

 Senecio sp.

1.67

234

71.50

 Acaena sp.

1.93

59

53.50

 Cerastium sp.

2.09

109

57.97

 Erodium cicutarium

2.31

162

64.00

 Perezia sp.

2.04

66

56.40

 Rumex sp.

2.09

210

57.97