| IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This datasheet is pending revision and updating; its contents are currently derived from FAO's Animal Feed Resources Information System (1991-2002) and from Bo Göhl's Tropical Feeds (1976-1982). |
Common names
Igname jaune, igname de Cayenne, attoto yam, lagos yam, twelve months yam, yellow Guinea yam, yellow yam, gelbe yamswurzel, cará do Pará
Related feed(s)
Feed categories
Species
Synonyms
Dioscorea occidentalis R. Knuth
Description
A yam with angular glabrous stem, usually prickly toward the base, and leaves that are deeply cordate at the base and 8-13 cm long. The flesh of the tubers is yellow. The tubers take about a year to mature. The yellow yam does not store well.
Pigs
Peelings can be used as pig feed.
Tables of chemical composition and nutritional value
Avg: average or predicted value; SD: standard deviation; Min: minimum value; Max: maximum value; Nb: number of values (samples) used
| IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This datasheet is pending revision and updating; its contents are currently derived from FAO's Animal Feed Resources Information System (1991-2002) and from Bo Göhl's Tropical Feeds (1976-1982). |
| Main analysis | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Dry matter | % as fed | 21.7 | 1 | ||||
| Crude protein | % DM | 7.4 | 1 | ||||
| Crude fibre | % DM | 7.6 | 1 | ||||
| Ether extract | % DM | 0.7 | 1 | ||||
| Ash | % DM | 7.5 | 1 | ||||
| Gross energy | MJ/kg DM | 16.8 | * | ||||
| Pig nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Energy digestibility, growing pig | % | 78.2 | * | ||||
| DE growing pig | MJ/kg DM | 13.2 | * |
The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.
References
Last updated on 24/10/2012 00:45:25
| Main analysis | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Dry matter | % as fed | 16.6 | 1 | ||||
| Crude protein | % DM | 6.2 | 1 | ||||
| Crude fibre | % DM | 2.4 | 1 | ||||
| Ether extract | % DM | 0.4 | 1 | ||||
| Ash | % DM | 3.2 | 1 | ||||
| Gross energy | MJ/kg DM | 17.3 | * | ||||
| Pig nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Energy digestibility, growing pig | % | 86.3 | * | ||||
| DE growing pig | MJ/kg DM | 14.9 | * |
The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.
References
Last updated on 24/10/2012 00:45:25
| Main analysis | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Dry matter | % as fed | 16.1 | 1 | ||||
| Crude protein | % DM | 5.4 | 1 | ||||
| Crude fibre | % DM | 0.8 | 1 | ||||
| Ether extract | % DM | 0.2 | 1 | ||||
| Ash | % DM | 3.0 | 1 | ||||
| Gross energy | MJ/kg DM | 17.2 | * | ||||
| Pig nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Energy digestibility, growing pig | % | 88.8 | * | ||||
| DE growing pig | MJ/kg DM | 15.3 | * |
The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.
References
Last updated on 24/10/2012 00:45:25
References
Datasheet citation
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