Giant thorny bamboo (Bambusa bambos) leaves, fresh
| Main analysis | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Dry matter | % as fed | 51.4 | 45.6 | 57.1 | 2 | ||
| Crude protein | % DM | 15.7 | 3.1 | 12.5 | 18.6 | 3 | |
| Crude fibre | % DM | 24.1 | 1 | ||||
| NDF | % DM | 79.6 | 1 | ||||
| ADF | % DM | 51.7 | 1 | ||||
| Lignin | % DM | 9.5 | 1 | ||||
| Ether extract | % DM | 3.2 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 2 | ||
| Ash | % DM | 13.0 | 11.8 | 14.2 | 2 | ||
| Total sugars | % DM | 2.3 | 1 | ||||
| Gross energy | MJ/kg DM | 17.7 | * | ||||
| Minerals | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Calcium | g/kg DM | 14.2 | 1 | ||||
| Phosphorus | g/kg DM | 0.9 | 1 | ||||
| Magnesium | g/kg DM | 0.0 | 1 | ||||
| Manganese | mg/kg DM | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Zinc | mg/kg DM | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Copper | mg/kg DM | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Iron | mg/kg DM | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Secondary metabolites | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Tannins (eq. tannic acid) | g/kg DM | 16.6 | 1 | ||||
| Tannins, condensed (eq. catechin) | g/kg DM | 0.7 | 1 | ||||
| Ruminant nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| OM digestibility, Ruminant | % | 74.3 | * | ||||
| Energy digestibility, ruminants | % | 71.1 | * | ||||
| DE ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 12.6 | * | ||||
| ME ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 10.1 | * | ||||
| Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants | % | 72.4 | 1 | ||||
| a (N) | % | 30.9 | 1 | ||||
| b (N) | % | 38.0 | 1 | ||||
| c (N) | h-1 | 0.049 | 1 | ||||
| Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=4%) | % | 52 | * | ||||
| Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=6%) | % | 48 | * |
The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.
References
Bakshi et al., 2011; Keir et al., 1997; Sharma et al., 1968
Last updated on 24/10/2012 00:43:10
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