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Afzelia (Afzelia africana), seed

Main analysis Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Dry matter % as fed 93.7 2 89.5 95.6 7  
Crude protein % DM 24.3 7.5 15.7 31.4 7  
Crude fibre % DM 5.3   3.3 7.9 4  
Ether extract % DM 33.9 6.2 23.5 43 7  
Ash % DM 3.4 1 2.7 5.6 7  
Neutral detergent fibre % DM 13.2         *
Acid detergent fibre % DM 6.3         *
Lignin % DM 0.4         *
Gross energy MJ/kg DM 25.5   25.3 26.1 2 *
               
Amino acids Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Lysine g/16g N 3.5       1  
Threonine g/16g N 3       1  
Methionine g/16g N 1.4       1  
Cystine g/16g N 1.3       1  
Methionine+cystine g/16g N 2.7         *
Tryptophan g/16g N 0.9          
Isoleucine g/16g N 4.1       1  
Valine g/16g N 4.1       1  
Leucine g/16g N 7.2       1  
Phenylalanine g/16g N 4.5       1  
Tyrosine g/16g N 3.3       1  
Phenylalanine+tyrosine g/16g N 7.8         *
Histidine g/16g N 3       1  
Arginine g/16g N 5.9       1  
Alanine g/16g N 1.4       1  
Aspartic acid g/16g N 9.7       1  
Glycine g/16g N 3.6       1  
Serine g/16g N 2.7       1  
Proline g/16g N 3.4       1  
               
Minerals Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Calcium g/kg DM 3.8   0.4 5.6 3  
Phosphorus g/kg DM 1.8   0.6 2.6 3  
Magnesium g/kg DM 0.7       1  
Potassium g/kg DM 0.6       1  
Sodium g/kg DM 0.28       1  
Manganese mg/kg DM 2       1  
Zinc mg/kg DM 9       1  
Iron mg/kg DM 93       1  
               
Ruminant nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
ME ruminants MJ/kg DM 19.7         *
Energy digestibility, ruminants % 95.4         *
OM digestibility, ruminants % 92.3         *
Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants % 78.1         *
Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=6%) % 88          
Dry matter degradability (effective, k=6%) % 72          
               
Pig nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
DE growing pig MJ/kg DM 20.8         *
MEn growing pig MJ/kg DM 14.5         *
NE growing pig MJ/kg DM 10.6         *
Energy digestibility, growing pig % 81.7         *
Nitrogen digestibility, growing pig % 92.1         *
               
Rabbit nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
DE rabbit MJ/kg DM 21.3         *
MEn rabbit MJ/kg DM 20.2         *
Energy digestibility, rabbit % 83.5         *
Nitrogen digestibility, rabbit % 85.8         *

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

References

Ayanwale et al., 2007; Bolanle, 2010; Ejikeme et al., 2010; Madubuike et al., 1994

Last updated on 03/07/2019 11:48:24

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