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Sorghum grain, high tannin

Main analysis Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Dry matter % as fed 88.6 2.0 85.8 93.0 40
Crude protein % DM 10.2 1.0 8.6 12.5 43
Crude fibre % DM 3.7 0.8 2.5 4.8 42
NDF % DM 12.2 1.9 10.6 14.7 6
ADF % DM 6.4 2.0 4.3 9.3 6
Lignin % DM 2.9 1
Ether extract % DM 3.6 0.3 3.2 4.1 39
Ash % DM 1.8 0.3 1.4 2.4 33
Starch (polarimetry) % DM 72.8 68.7 76.8 2
Total sugars % DM 1.1 1
Gross energy MJ/kg DM 18.9 0.6 18.6 20.5 25 *
 
Minerals Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Calcium g/kg DM 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.9 26
Phosphorus g/kg DM 3.4 0.4 2.7 4.1 27
Magnesium g/kg DM 2.4 0.2 2.0 2.7 23
Manganese mg/kg DM 7 1
Zinc mg/kg DM 17 1
Copper mg/kg DM 3 1
Iron mg/kg DM 24 1
 
Amino acids Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Alanine % protein 8.7 0.4 8.4 9.2 3
Arginine % protein 4.2 0.5 3.5 4.9 8
Aspartic acid % protein 6.9 0.5 6.6 7.4 3
Cystine % protein 1.6 0.1 1.4 1.8 7
Glutamic acid % protein 21.1 0.6 20.6 21.8 3
Glycine % protein 3.2 0.4 2.7 4.0 9
Histidine % protein 2.3 0.2 1.9 2.6 9
Isoleucine % protein 4.0 0.4 3.1 4.5 11
Leucine % protein 13.7 0.5 12.9 14.5 9
Lysine % protein 2.2 0.2 1.8 2.6 11
Methionine % protein 1.5 0.2 1.3 1.9 10
Phenylalanine % protein 5.5 0.3 5.0 5.9 9
Proline % protein 6.7 2.1 5.3 9.1 3
Serine % protein 4.6 0.4 4.0 5.2 9
Threonine % protein 3.3 0.2 3.1 3.7 11
Tryptophan % protein 1.2 0.6 0.8 1.8 3
Tyrosine % protein 4.2 0.4 3.5 4.8 9
Valine % protein 5.1 0.6 4.4 6.0 7
 
Secondary metabolites Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Tannins (eq. tannic acid) g/kg DM 13.9 7.7 2.1 29.9 9
Tannins, condensed (eq. catechin) g/kg DM 55.7 31.3 22.0 121.0 33
 
Ruminant nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
OM digestibility, Ruminant % 86.2 *
Energy digestibility, ruminants % 83.7 *
DE ruminants MJ/kg DM 15.8 *
ME ruminants MJ/kg DM 13.3 *
Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants % 66.8 *
 
Pig nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Energy digestibility, growing pig % 84.3 3.3 76.6 85.9 6 *
DE growing pig MJ/kg DM 15.9 0.6 14.5 16.1 6 *
MEn growing pig MJ/kg DM 15.5 *
NE growing pig MJ/kg DM 12.3 *
Nitrogen digestibility, growing pig % 63.5 3.3 58.5 68.7 6
 
Poultry nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
AMEn cockerel MJ/kg DM 15.7 *
AMEn broiler MJ/kg DM 15.4 *

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

References

AFZ, 2011; Antongiovanni et al., 1980; Cousins et al., 1981; Jacob et al., 1996; Jacob et al., 1997; Mitaru et al., 1983; Myer et al., 1985; Neucere et al., 1980; Perez et al., 1984; Ravindran et al., 1994

Last updated on 24/10/2012 00:43:25

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