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Malt distillers dark grains, dried

By-product of malt whisky production, obtained by mixing and then drying malt distillers (draff) with pot ale syrup

Main analysis Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Dry matter % as fed 90.7 1.9 88.1 92.9 8  
Crude protein % DM 27.8 2.1 24.3 31.1 11  
Crude fibre % DM 11.6 1.7 8.0 13.7 12  
NDF % DM 39.7 8.9 23.2 49.0 9  
ADF % DM 15.5 2.5 11.6 18.8 8  
Lignin % DM 3.8 1.3 2.4 6.3 8  
Ether extract % DM 8.5 2.7 5.5 13.0 11  
Ash % DM 5.8 0.6 4.4 6.8 11  
Starch (polarimetry) % DM 3.2 0.6 2.4 3.8 6  
Total sugars % DM 4.3 3.0 1.7 11.0 9  
Gross energy MJ/kg DM 21.3 0.6 20.8 22.5 9 *
               
Minerals Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Calcium g/kg DM 1.6 0.5 0.4 2.2 9  
Phosphorus g/kg DM 9.7 0.9 8.3 11.1 9  
Potassium g/kg DM 10.5 0.9 9.4 12.0 9  
Sodium g/kg DM 0.5 0.3 0.1 1.0 7  
Magnesium g/kg DM 3.3 0.4 2.7 4.0 9  
Manganese mg/kg DM 33 5 21 36 9  
Zinc mg/kg DM 57 6 48 68 9  
Copper mg/kg DM 49 22 7 85 9  
Iron mg/kg DM 231 36 189 276 5  
               
Amino acids Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Alanine % protein 5.7 0.3 5.4 6.2 5  
Arginine % protein 4.2 0.2 3.9 4.4 5  
Aspartic acid % protein 6.7 0.5 5.9 7.0 5  
Cystine % protein 1.8 0.1 1.5 1.9 5  
Glutamic acid % protein 17.1 1.9 15.4 20.4 5  
Glycine % protein 4.3 0.4 3.7 4.6 5  
Histidine % protein 2.7 0.2 2.5 3.0 5  
Isoleucine % protein 3.9 0.2 3.6 4.0 5  
Leucine % protein 7.1 0.9 6.4 8.8 5  
Lysine % protein 4.3 0.3 4.0 4.8 4  
Methionine % protein 1.4 0.2 1.3 1.7 5  
Phenylalanine % protein 4.6 0.4 4.2 5.3 5  
Proline % protein 9.3 0.4 8.7 9.7 5  
Serine % protein 4.0 0.1 3.9 4.2 5  
Threonine % protein 3.7 0.1 3.5 3.9 5  
Tyrosine % protein 3.0 0.3 2.6 3.5 5  
Valine % protein 5.2 0.1 5.1 5.4 5  
               
Ruminant nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
OM digestibility, ruminants % 71.2 4.9 64.8 75.1 4 *
Energy digestibility, ruminants % 70.9 4.7 66.8 76.3 4 *
DE ruminants MJ/kg DM 15.1         *
ME ruminants MJ/kg DM 12.0 1.5 12.0 15.3 4 *
               
Pig nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Energy digestibility, growing pig % 72.0         *
DE growing pig MJ/kg DM 15.3         *
MEn growing pig MJ/kg DM 14.4         *
NE growing pig MJ/kg DM 9.8         *
               
Poultry nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
AMEn cockerel MJ/kg DM 9.6 0.6 8.8 10.2 4  

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

References

ADAS, 1988; AFZ, 2011; De Boever et al., 1988; Wainman et al., 1984

Last updated on 05/11/2014 17:48:22

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