Maize grain, North America
| Main analysis | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Dry matter | % as fed | 87.2 | 1.8 | 84.9 | 90.8 | 108 | |
| Crude protein | % DM | 9.5 | 0.7 | 8.2 | 11.5 | 128 | |
| Crude fibre | % DM | 2.3 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 48 | |
| NDF | % DM | 11.9 | 2.4 | 8.5 | 16.4 | 19 | |
| ADF | % DM | 3.1 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 18 | |
| Lignin | % DM | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 6 | |
| Ether extract | % DM | 4.1 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 92 | |
| Ash | % DM | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 69 | |
| Starch (polarimetry) | % DM | 73.1 | 1.3 | 69.0 | 74.8 | 48 | |
| Total sugars | % DM | 3.1 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 6 | |
| Gross energy | MJ/kg DM | 18.7 | 0.3 | 18.1 | 19.3 | 33 | * |
| Minerals | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Calcium | g/kg DM | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 19 | |
| Phosphorus | g/kg DM | 2.9 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 18 | |
| Potassium | g/kg DM | 3.5 | 0.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 5 | |
| Sodium | g/kg DM | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | |
| Magnesium | g/kg DM | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 16 | |
| Manganese | mg/kg DM | 13 | 10 | 4 | 35 | 16 | |
| Zinc | mg/kg DM | 23 | 7 | 17 | 40 | 16 | |
| Copper | mg/kg DM | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Iron | mg/kg DM | 21 | 1 | ||||
| Amino acids | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Alanine | % protein | 7.5 | 0.3 | 6.8 | 8.0 | 24 | |
| Arginine | % protein | 4.9 | 0.4 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 33 | |
| Aspartic acid | % protein | 6.8 | 0.5 | 5.8 | 7.7 | 24 | |
| Cystine | % protein | 2.2 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 16 | |
| Glutamic acid | % protein | 18.1 | 0.9 | 16.4 | 19.6 | 24 | |
| Glycine | % protein | 3.9 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 22 | |
| Histidine | % protein | 2.9 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 25 | |
| Isoleucine | % protein | 3.6 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 35 | |
| Leucine | % protein | 11.8 | 0.9 | 9.4 | 13.6 | 36 | |
| Lysine | % protein | 3.1 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 36 | |
| Methionine | % protein | 2.1 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 24 | |
| Phenylalanine | % protein | 4.8 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 35 | |
| Proline | % protein | 8.7 | 0.7 | 7.5 | 9.7 | 17 | |
| Serine | % protein | 4.7 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 24 | |
| Threonine | % protein | 3.5 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 37 | |
| Tryptophan | % protein | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 19 | |
| Tyrosine | % protein | 3.4 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 19 | |
| Valine | % protein | 4.9 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 35 | |
| Ruminant nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| OM digestibility, Ruminant | % | 89.0 | 1.4 | 88.7 | 92.0 | 5 | * |
| Energy digestibility, ruminants | % | 86.5 | 1.4 | 85.8 | 89.6 | 5 | * |
| DE ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 16.2 | * | ||||
| ME ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 13.7 | 0.2 | 13.4 | 14.0 | 5 | * |
| Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants | % | 67.0 | * | ||||
| a (N) | % | 9.6 | 1 | ||||
| b (N) | % | 87.7 | 1 | ||||
| c (N) | h-1 | 0.041 | 1 | ||||
| Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=4%) | % | 54 | * | ||||
| Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=6%) | % | 45 | 7 | 33 | 45 | 3 | * |
| Pig nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Energy digestibility, growing pig | % | 88.1 | 2.1 | 85.3 | 91.4 | 8 | * |
| DE growing pig | MJ/kg DM | 16.5 | 0.9 | 14.6 | 17.0 | 8 | * |
| MEn growing pig | MJ/kg DM | 16.1 | * | ||||
| NE growing pig | MJ/kg DM | 12.9 | * | ||||
| Nitrogen digestibility, growing pig | % | 81.4 | 5.6 | 72.7 | 86.9 | 6 | * |
| Poultry nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| AMEn cockerel | MJ/kg DM | 15.4 | 0.1 | 15.4 | 16.2 | 4 | * |
| AMEn broiler | MJ/kg DM | 15.1 | 0.2 | 14.7 | 15.1 | 4 | * |
The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.
References
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