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Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), hulls

Main analysis Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Dry matter % as fed 92.3 91.3 93.3 2
Crude protein % DM 4.2 1.7 2.5 5.8 3
Crude fibre % DM 61.6 58.2 65.0 2
ADF % DM 60.5 1
Ether extract % DM 3.6 2.1 0.8 5.3 4
Ash % DM 1.5 0.5 1.0 2.0 3
Gross energy MJ/kg DM 20.5 *
 
Amino acids Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Alanine % protein 3.5 1
Arginine % protein 3.1 1
Aspartic acid % protein 7.0 1
Glutamic acid % protein 8.0 1
Glycine % protein 4.2 1
Histidine % protein 2.4 1
Isoleucine % protein 3.0 1
Leucine % protein 4.9 1
Lysine % protein 4.1 1
Methionine % protein 0.8 1
Phenylalanine % protein 3.2 1
Proline % protein 3.9 1
Serine % protein 4.3 1
Threonine % protein 3.4 1
Tyrosine % protein 1.4 1
Valine % protein 3.9 1

The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.

References

Ashes et al., 1978; Goss et al., 1954; Latha et al., 1984; Van Etten et al., 1963

Last updated on 24/10/2012 00:44:58

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