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Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), meal, expeller extraction

Main analysis Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Dry matter % as fed 93.2 1.5 92.0 94.8 3
Crude protein % DM 24.8 4.2 20.7 30.5 4
Crude fibre % DM 33.3 7.5 24.9 39.2 3
ADF % DM 42.3 1
Ether extract % DM 9.4 2.4 6.5 12.4 4
Ash % DM 4.4 1.2 3.2 6.1 4
Gross energy MJ/kg DM 21.4 *
 
Minerals Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Calcium g/kg DM 2.7 1.3 1.2 3.5 3
Phosphorus g/kg DM 6.7 1.4 5.9 8.3 3
Magnesium g/kg DM 2.8 1
Zinc mg/kg DM 64 1
Copper mg/kg DM 24 1
Iron mg/kg DM 422 1
 
Amino acids Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Arginine % protein 7.8 1
Cystine % protein 1.8 1
Histidine % protein 2.0 1
Isoleucine % protein 3.8 1
Leucine % protein 5.5 1
Lysine % protein 2.9 2.7 3.1 2
Methionine % protein 1.4 1.3 1.5 2
Phenylalanine % protein 5.2 1
Threonine % protein 2.9 1
Tryptophan % protein 1.2 1
Valine % protein 4.9 1
 
Ruminant nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
OM digestibility, Ruminant % 47.8 1
ME ruminants (FAO, 1982) MJ/kg DM 8.3 1
Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants % 80.0 1
 
Pig nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Energy digestibility, growing pig % 37.8 *
DE growing pig MJ/kg DM 8.1 *

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

References

AFZ, 2011; Goss et al., 1954; Gowda et al., 2004; Lyman et al., 1956; Patel, 1966; Thomas et al., 1984

Last updated on 24/10/2012 00:44:58

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