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Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis), fronds, fresh

Main analysis Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Dry matter % as fed 39.6 7.6 31.1 45.8 3
Crude protein % DM 6.5 1.7 4.2 8.6 7
Crude fibre % DM 38.9 6.1 33.5 47.6 4
NDF % DM 70.4 6.7 62.4 78.7 6
ADF % DM 49.3 4.8 44.1 55.6 7
Lignin % DM 20.1 11.7 11.9 37.0 4
Ether extract % DM 2.0 0.3 1.7 2.5 5
Ash % DM 5.4 2.3 3.2 10.0 7
Gross energy MJ/kg DM 16.7 1
 
Minerals Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Calcium g/kg DM 5.3 1
Phosphorus g/kg DM 1.1 1
Potassium g/kg DM 7.0 1
Sodium g/kg DM 0.5 1
Magnesium g/kg DM 1.8 1
Manganese mg/kg DM 45 1
Zinc mg/kg DM 11 1
Copper mg/kg DM 3 1
Iron mg/kg DM 107 1
 
Amino acids Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Alanine % protein 5.9 1
Arginine % protein 4.0 1
Aspartic acid % protein 11.3 1
Glutamic acid % protein 9.1 1
Glycine % protein 5.7 1
Isoleucine % protein 2.4 1
Leucine % protein 12.9 1
Lysine % protein 3.0 1
Phenylalanine % protein 4.4 1
Proline % protein 4.9 1
Serine % protein 4.2 1
Tyrosine % protein 2.0 1
Valine % protein 4.8 1
 
Secondary metabolites Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Tannins (eq. tannic acid) g/kg DM 30.9 11.5 50.3 2
Tannins, condensed (eq. catechin) g/kg DM 0.3 1
 
Ruminant nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
OM digestibility, Ruminant % 56.0 1
ME ruminants MJ/kg DM 5.7
Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants % 43.0 1

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

References

Abu Hassan et al., 1996; Aim-oeb et al., 2008; CIRAD, 1991; Dahlan et al., 2000; Ishida et al., 1997; Islam et al., 2000; Khamseekhiew et al., 2001

Last updated on 24/10/2012 00:44:42

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