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African sheepbush (Pentzia incana), aerial part, fresh

Main analysis Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Crude protein % DM 10.5 2.4 6.6 13.9 15  
Crude fibre % DM 31.8   25.5 38 2  
Neutral detergent fibre % DM 65.2         *
Acid detergent fibre % DM 42.5       1  
Ether extract % DM 3.6   2.6 4.4 3  
Ash % DM 10   8.4 12.9 3  
Gross energy MJ/kg DM 18.3         *
               
In vitro digestibility and solubility Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
In vitro DM digestibility (pepsin) % 42       1  
               
Ruminants nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
OM digestibility, ruminants % 49.9         *
Energy digestibility, ruminants % 47.7         *
DE ruminants MJ/kg DM 8.7         *
ME ruminants MJ/kg DM 7         *
Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants % 74.7   74.3 75 2  
               
Rabbit nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
DE rabbit MJ/kg DM 6.8         *
Energy digestibility, rabbit % 37         *

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

References

Botha, 1938; Henrici, 1932; Henrici, 1945; Zeeman et al., 1981

Last updated on 26/08/2021 12:35:19

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