Alfalfa, dehydrated
| Main analysis | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Dry matter | % as fed | 90.6 | 1.3 | 84.9 | 96.0 | 15014 | |
| Crude protein | % DM | 18.3 | 2.1 | 13.1 | 27.9 | 14989 | |
| Crude fibre | % DM | 28.6 | 3.7 | 15.7 | 38.5 | 13571 | |
| NDF | % DM | 45.9 | 4.6 | 32.3 | 54.7 | 1017 | * |
| ADF | % DM | 32.7 | 4.0 | 22.0 | 41.5 | 1020 | * |
| Lignin | % DM | 8.5 | 1.3 | 5.4 | 11.8 | 832 | * |
| Ether extract | % DM | 2.7 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 1089 | |
| Ash | % DM | 11.7 | 1.4 | 8.1 | 16.8 | 5848 | |
| Starch (polarimetry) | % DM | 3.3 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 60 | |
| Total sugars | % DM | 4.5 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 6.9 | 46 | |
| Gross energy | MJ/kg DM | 18.0 | 0.4 | 17.8 | 19.0 | 42 | * |
| Minerals | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Calcium | g/kg DM | 22.1 | 4.1 | 11.5 | 33.6 | 2224 | * |
| Phosphorus | g/kg DM | 2.7 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 1818 | |
| Potassium | g/kg DM | 25.6 | 3.3 | 17.1 | 31.7 | 105 | |
| Sodium | g/kg DM | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 123 | |
| Magnesium | g/kg DM | 2.1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 176 | |
| Manganese | mg/kg DM | 32 | 12 | 17 | 60 | 40 | |
| Zinc | mg/kg DM | 30 | 12 | 18 | 64 | 114 | |
| Copper | mg/kg DM | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 96 | |
| Iron | mg/kg DM | 544 | 274 | 223 | 1084 | 29 | |
| Amino acids | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Alanine | % protein | 5.1 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 6.5 | 27 | |
| Arginine | % protein | 4.5 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 28 | |
| Aspartic acid | % protein | 10.2 | 1.5 | 7.8 | 12.8 | 28 | |
| Cystine | % protein | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 14 | |
| Glutamic acid | % protein | 9.7 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 12.1 | 28 | |
| Glycine | % protein | 4.5 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 28 | |
| Histidine | % protein | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 23 | |
| Isoleucine | % protein | 4.1 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 24 | |
| Leucine | % protein | 7.3 | 0.7 | 6.2 | 8.6 | 24 | |
| Lysine | % protein | 4.7 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 5.7 | 44 | |
| Methionine | % protein | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 23 | |
| Phenylalanine | % protein | 4.6 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 22 | |
| Proline | % protein | 4.3 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 17 | |
| Serine | % protein | 4.2 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 16 | |
| Threonine | % protein | 4.0 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 18 | |
| Tryptophan | % protein | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 17 | |
| Tyrosine | % protein | 3.3 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 6.0 | 18 | |
| Valine | % protein | 6.3 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 7.6 | 30 | |
| Ruminant nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| OM digestibility, Ruminant | % | 63.3 | 6.4 | 53.9 | 71.6 | 6 | * |
| Energy digestibility, ruminants | % | 59.8 | 5.8 | 56.2 | 70.4 | 6 | * |
| DE ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 10.7 | * | ||||
| ME ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 8.5 | 1.4 | 8.3 | 11.5 | 6 | * |
| Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants | % | 70.2 | 5.8 | 63.8 | 79.4 | 5 | |
| Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=6%) | % | 63 | 3 | 58 | 67 | 12 | |
| Pig nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Energy digestibility, growing pig | % | 45.2 | * | ||||
| DE growing pig | MJ/kg DM | 8.1 | * | ||||
| MEn growing pig | MJ/kg DM | 7.4 | * | ||||
| NE growing pig | MJ/kg DM | 4.0 | * | ||||
| Nitrogen digestibility, growing pig | % | 39.6 | 1 | ||||
| Poultry nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| AMEn cockerel | MJ/kg DM | 3.8 | 1 | ||||
| Rabbit nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Energy digestibility, rabbit | % | 46.4 | 4.3 | 40.9 | 51.0 | 6 | * |
| DE rabbit | MJ/kg DM | 8.3 | 0.8 | 7.3 | 9.3 | 6 | * |
| MEn rabbit | MJ/kg DM | 7.7 | * | ||||
| Nitrogen digestibility, rabbit | % | 62.2 | 5.3 | 51.5 | 66.6 | 7 | * |
| Fish nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| DE salmonids | MJ/kg DM | 7.7 | * | ||||
| Energy digestibility, salmonids | % | 43.0 | 1 | ||||
| Nitrogen digestibility, salmonids | % | 87.0 | 1 |
The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.
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