African birch (Anogeissus leiocarpa), leaves, fresh
| Main analysis | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Dry matter | % as fed | 45.9 | 7.4 | 40.0 | 54.2 | 3 | |
| Crude protein | % DM | 12.2 | 2.9 | 7.9 | 19.6 | 11 | |
| Crude fibre | % DM | 16.1 | 1.9 | 13.3 | 19.0 | 8 | |
| NDF | % DM | 40.1 | 10.9 | 28.2 | 56.0 | 7 | |
| ADF | % DM | 29.5 | 8.1 | 19.5 | 40.2 | 7 | |
| Lignin | % DM | 10.8 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 15.7 | 5 | |
| Ether extract | % DM | 3.9 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 9.2 | 7 | |
| Ash | % DM | 8.3 | 1.6 | 6.3 | 11.2 | 9 | |
| Gross energy | MJ/kg DM | 18.0 | * | ||||
| Minerals | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Calcium | g/kg DM | 14.5 | 7.5 | 1.3 | 26.5 | 8 | |
| Phosphorus | g/kg DM | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 8 | |
| Potassium | g/kg DM | 6.8 | 1.7 | 4.8 | 8.1 | 5 | |
| Sodium | g/kg DM | 1.2 | 1 | ||||
| Magnesium | g/kg DM | 2.9 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 5 | |
| Manganese | mg/kg DM | 24 | 1 | ||||
| Zinc | mg/kg DM | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Copper | mg/kg DM | 13 | 1 | ||||
| Secondary metabolites | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Tannins (eq. tannic acid) | g/kg DM | 34.1 | 23.7 | 44.5 | 2 | ||
| Tannins, condensed (eq. catechin) | g/kg DM | 0.0 | 1 | ||||
| Ruminant nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants | % | 66.0 | 1 |
The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.
References
CIRAD, 1991; Kibont et al., 1993; Yahaya et al., 2000
Last updated on 24/10/2012 00:43:37
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