Editing Llama (section)

== Nutrition ==
[[File:Black Llama.jpg|thumb|A black llama]]
Options for feeding llamas are quite wide; various commercial and farm-based feeds are available. The major determining factors include feed cost, availability, nutrient balance and energy density required. Young, actively growing llamas require a greater concentration of nutrients than mature animals because of their smaller digestive tract capacities.<ref>
{{cite web
 |url=http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/alt-ag/llama.htm
 |work=Department of Agricultural Economics, [[North Dakota State University]]
 |title=Llama
 |date=17 April 2007
|author=Randy Sell}}</ref>

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|+ Estimated daily requirements{{Clarify|post-text=(what units?)|date=November 2010}} of bromegrass hay, alfalfa hay and corn silage on an as-fed and 100% dry matter basis for llamas from 22 to 550&nbsp;pounds.<ref>
{{cite book |last=Fowler, DVM |first=Murray E. |title=Medicine and Surgery of South American Camelids; Llama, Alpaca, Vicuña, Guanaco |publisher=[[Iowa State University]] Press |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-8138-0393-7}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2" | Body weight{{br}} (lb)
! colspan="2" | Bromegrass
! colspan="2" | Alfalfa
! colspan="2" | Corn silage
|-
! (as fed)
! (dry matter)
! (as fed)
! (dry matter)
! (as fed)
! (dry matter)
|-
| 22
| 0.8
| 0.7
| 0.5
| 0.5
| 1.5
| 0.4
|-
| 44
| 1.3
| 1.1
| 0.9
| 0.8
| 2.6
| 0.7
|-
| 88
| 2.1
| 1.9
| 1.5
| 1.3
| 4.3
| 1.2
|-
| 110
| 2.6
| 2.3
| 1.7
| 1.6
| 5.2
| 1.4
|-
| 165
| 3.4
| 3.1
| 2.3
| 2.1
| 6.9
| 1.9
|-
| 275
| 5.0
| 4.5
| 3.4
| 3.1
| 10.1
| 2.8
|-
| 385
| 6.4
| 5.7
| 4.3
| 3.9
| 12.9
| 3.6
|-
| 495
| 7.8
| 7.0
| 5.3
| 4.8
| 15.8
| 4.4
|-
| 550
| 8.5
| 7.6
| 5.7
| 5.2
| 17.0
| 4.8
|}