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Bauhinia thonningii, pods

Main analysis Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Dry matter % as fed 91.6 1.5 88.4 95.0 24  
Crude protein % DM 7.7 1.0 5.9 9.5 28  
Crude fibre % DM 23.5 1.7 21.0 28.5 25  
NDF % DM 45.7 3.6 41.8 56.8 25  
ADF % DM 40.7 2.1 38.3 43.5 5  
Lignin % DM 12.4 2.9 9.1 16.1 4  
Ether extract % DM 2.9 0.7 2.0 5.0 26  
Ash % DM 4.8 0.6 3.8 6.1 26  
Starch (polarimetry) % DM 3.6       1  
Water-soluble carbohydrates % DM 5.7       1  
Gross energy MJ/kg DM 18.4 0.9 18.4 23.3 21 *
               
Minerals Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Calcium g/kg DM 1.9 0.4 1.4 3.1 25  
Phosphorus g/kg DM 0.7 0.3 0.5 1.5 25  
Potassium g/kg DM 14.5 2.0 12.5 16.2 4  
Magnesium g/kg DM 1.2 0.2 1.0 1.4 4  
Manganese mg/kg DM 17       1  
Zinc mg/kg DM 10       1  
Copper mg/kg DM 7       1  
               
Secondary metabolites Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Tannins (eq. tannic acid) g/kg DM 110.7       1  
               
Ruminant nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
OM digestibility, Ruminant % 86.6         *
Energy digestibility, ruminants % 83.7         *
DE ruminants MJ/kg DM 15.4         *
ME ruminants MJ/kg DM 12.7         *
Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants % 59.2       1  
a (N) % 5.2       1  
b (N) % 94.9       1  
c (N) h-1 0.018       1  
Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=4%) % 34         *
Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=6%) % 27         *
               
Pig nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Energy digestibility, growing pig % 53.2         *
DE growing pig MJ/kg DM 9.8         *
NE growing pig MJ/kg DM 5.9         *

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

References

CIRAD, 1991; Imperial Bureau of Animal Nutrition, 1936; Mandibaya et al., 1999; Mlambo et al., 2008; Ndlovu et al., 1995; Walker, 1975

Last updated on 02/05/2013 17:03:59

Datasheet 
Bauhinia (Bauhinia thonningii)
Table status 
Finished
Table order 
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