Maize grain, North Africa and Middle-east
| Main analysis | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Dry matter | % as fed | 86.2 | 1.1 | 84.9 | 90.6 | 78 | |
| Crude protein | % DM | 8.8 | 0.5 | 8.1 | 10.5 | 78 | |
| Crude fibre | % DM | 2.7 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 7 | |
| NDF | % DM | 13.6 | 2.3 | 10.0 | 16.6 | 6 | |
| ADF | % DM | 3.8 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 6 | |
| Lignin | % DM | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 4 | |
| Ether extract | % DM | 4.3 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 58 | |
| Ash | % DM | 1.6 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 10 | |
| Starch (polarimetry) | % DM | 73.5 | 0.7 | 71.5 | 75.0 | 57 | |
| Gross energy | MJ/kg DM | 18.7 | 0.4 | 17.9 | 19.0 | 6 | * | 
| Minerals | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Calcium | g/kg DM | 1.8 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4 | |
| Phosphorus | g/kg DM | 2.7 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 6 | |
| Potassium | g/kg DM | 2.6 | 1 | ||||
| Sodium | g/kg DM | 0.0 | 1 | ||||
| Amino acids | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Alanine | % protein | 3.8 | 1 | ||||
| Arginine | % protein | 3.0 | 1 | ||||
| Aspartic acid | % protein | 5.3 | 1 | ||||
| Cystine | % protein | 2.2 | 1 | ||||
| Glutamic acid | % protein | 9.4 | 1 | ||||
| Glycine | % protein | 2.4 | 1 | ||||
| Histidine | % protein | 0.6 | 1 | ||||
| Isoleucine | % protein | 1.5 | 1 | ||||
| Leucine | % protein | 5.9 | 1 | ||||
| Lysine | % protein | 1.3 | 1 | ||||
| Methionine | % protein | 2.1 | 1 | ||||
| Phenylalanine | % protein | 2.9 | 1 | ||||
| Proline | % protein | 7.9 | 1 | ||||
| Serine | % protein | 3.0 | 1 | ||||
| Threonine | % protein | 2.0 | 1 | ||||
| Tyrosine | % protein | 1.6 | 1 | ||||
| Valine | % protein | 2.9 | 1 | ||||
| Ruminant nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| OM digestibility, Ruminant | % | 88.1 | * | ||||
| Energy digestibility, ruminants | % | 85.6 | * | ||||
| DE ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 16.0 | * | ||||
| ME ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 13.5 | * | ||||
| Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants | % | 65.3 | * | ||||
| Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=6%) | % | 57 | 1 | ||||
| Pig nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Energy digestibility, growing pig | % | 86.8 | * | ||||
| DE growing pig | MJ/kg DM | 16.2 | * | ||||
| MEn growing pig | MJ/kg DM | 15.9 | * | ||||
| NE growing pig | MJ/kg DM | 12.7 | * | ||||
| Nitrogen digestibility, growing pig | % | 79.9 | * | 
The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.
References
AFZ, 2011; Arbouche et al., 2009; Arieli et al., 1989; El-Alaily et al., 1976; Kamel et al., 1981; Nadeem et al., 2005; Taghizadeh et al., 2005
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