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Carob (Ceratonia siliqua), germ, dehydrated

Main analysis Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Dry matter % as fed 91.7 2.4 89.4 95.5 5
Crude protein % DM 49.4 6.6 44.6 59.9 5
Crude fibre % DM 4.4 3.6 5.2 2
Ether extract % DM 5.6 5.2 5.9 2
Ash % DM 5.4 5.0 5.9 2
Gross energy MJ/kg DM 20.7 *
 
Minerals Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Calcium g/kg DM 1.1 1
Phosphorus g/kg DM 9.7 1
 
Amino acids Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Alanine % protein 3.4 1.4 1.2 4.3 4
Arginine % protein 8.6 4.9 1.2 11.6 4
Aspartic acid % protein 7.2 0.3 6.8 7.5 4
Cystine % protein 1.5 0.2 1.4 1.8 4
Glutamic acid % protein 24.0 1.2 22.9 25.3 4
Glycine % protein 4.1 1.2 2.1 5.5 5
Histidine % protein 3.4 1.0 2.3 4.7 4
Isoleucine % protein 3.5 0.7 3.0 4.7 5
Leucine % protein 6.0 0.3 5.7 6.4 5
Lysine % protein 5.4 0.3 5.1 5.9 5
Methionine % protein 1.1 0.2 0.8 1.4 5
Phenylalanine % protein 3.3 0.7 2.6 4.5 5
Proline % protein 4.3 1
Serine % protein 4.0 0.2 3.8 4.2 4
Threonine % protein 3.3 0.6 2.8 4.4 5
Tryptophan % protein 1.0 1
Tyrosine % protein 2.8 1
Valine % protein 3.9 0.2 3.6 4.1 5
 
Secondary metabolites Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Tannins (eq. tannic acid) g/kg DM 4.5 1
 
Ruminant nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
ME ruminants (FAO, 1982) MJ/kg DM 9.9 1
Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants % 90.3 1
 
Pig nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Energy digestibility, growing pig % 83.2 *
DE growing pig MJ/kg DM 17.3 *

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

References

AFZ, 2011; Dijkstra, 1953; Drouliscos et al., 1980; Ferreira, 1964

Last updated on 24/10/2012 00:43:55

Table status 
Finished
Table order 
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