Finger millet (Eleusine coracana), grain
| Main analysis | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Dry matter | % as fed | 89.0 | 2.0 | 86.5 | 92.1 | 5 | |
| Crude protein | % DM | 8.9 | 1.4 | 6.9 | 11.5 | 10 | |
| Crude fibre | % DM | 5.7 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 9.3 | 7 | |
| NDF | % DM | 23.8 | 23.6 | 24.1 | 2 | ||
| ADF | % DM | 9.7 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 2 | ||
| Ether extract | % DM | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 6 | |
| Ash | % DM | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 5.7 | 7 | |
| Gross energy | MJ/kg DM | 17.7 | * | ||||
| Minerals | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Calcium | g/kg DM | 4.9 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 5 | |
| Phosphorus | g/kg DM | 3.4 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 6 | |
| Potassium | g/kg DM | 5.3 | 3.7 | 6.8 | 2 | ||
| Magnesium | g/kg DM | 1.8 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 3 | |
| Zinc | mg/kg DM | 31 | 1 | ||||
| Copper | mg/kg DM | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Iron | mg/kg DM | 1208 | 1 | ||||
| Amino acids | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Alanine | % protein | 6.1 | 1 | ||||
| Arginine | % protein | 6.4 | 4.6 | 8.2 | 2 | ||
| Aspartic acid | % protein | 6.9 | 1 | ||||
| Cystine | % protein | 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| Glutamic acid | % protein | 18.4 | 1 | ||||
| Glycine | % protein | 4.9 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 2 | ||
| Histidine | % protein | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2 | ||
| Isoleucine | % protein | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 2 | ||
| Leucine | % protein | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 2 | ||
| Lysine | % protein | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2 | ||
| Methionine | % protein | 2.3 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 2 | ||
| Phenylalanine | % protein | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 2 | ||
| Proline | % protein | 6.0 | 1 | ||||
| Serine | % protein | 5.0 | 1 | ||||
| Threonine | % protein | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 2 | ||
| Tryptophan | % protein | 1.2 | 1 | ||||
| Tyrosine | % protein | 5.6 | 1 | ||||
| Valine | % protein | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 2 | ||
| Ruminant nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| OM digestibility, Ruminant | % | 82.4 | * | ||||
| Energy digestibility, ruminants | % | 79.2 | * | ||||
| DE ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 14.0 | * | ||||
| ME ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 11.8 | * | ||||
| Pig nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Energy digestibility, growing pig | % | 81.2 | * | ||||
| DE growing pig | MJ/kg DM | 14.4 | * |
The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.
References
Abate et al., 1984; Calder, 1960; CIRAD, 1991; Gowda et al., 2004; Krishnamoorthy et al., 1995; Nageswara et al., 2003; Patel, 1966; Rao et al., 2000; Rao et al., 2004; Ravindran et al., 1994; Swaminathan et al., 1970
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