Common needle grass (Aristida adscensionis), aerial part, fresh
| Main analysis | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Dry matter | % as fed | 33.3 | 6.6 | 25.8 | 44.6 | 6 | |
| Crude protein | % DM | 10.4 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 20.6 | 7 | |
| Crude fibre | % DM | 35.9 | 2.5 | 33.0 | 39.1 | 7 | |
| NDF | % DM | 71.0 | * | ||||
| ADF | % DM | 41.9 | * | ||||
| Lignin | % DM | 5.8 | * | ||||
| Ether extract | % DM | 1.9 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 6 | |
| Ash | % DM | 9.8 | 1.8 | 6.3 | 12.2 | 7 | |
| Gross energy | MJ/kg DM | 18.1 | * | ||||
| Minerals | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Calcium | g/kg DM | 3.4 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 4.9 | 6 | |
| Phosphorus | g/kg DM | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 6 | |
| Potassium | g/kg DM | 15.5 | 2.9 | 11.4 | 19.3 | 5 | |
| Sodium | g/kg DM | 0.1 | 1 | ||||
| Magnesium | g/kg DM | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 5 | |
| Manganese | mg/kg DM | 25 | 27 | 8 | 55 | 3 | |
| Zinc | mg/kg DM | 26 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 3 | |
| Copper | mg/kg DM | 16 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 3 | |
| In vitro digestibility and solubility | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| DM digestibility, pepsin | % | 55.5 | 52.6 | 58.3 | 2 | ||
| Ruminant nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| OM digestibility, Ruminant | % | 61.8 | * | ||||
| Energy digestibility, ruminants | % | 59.0 | * | ||||
| DE ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 10.7 | * | ||||
| ME ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 8.6 | * |
The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.
References
CIRAD, 1991; Dougall et al., 1965; INFIC, 1978; Sultan et al., 2008
Last updated on 11/04/2013 14:52:30
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