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Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), seeds

Main analysis Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Dry matter % as fed 94.7 1
Crude protein % DM 15.6 1.4 14.1 16.9 3
Crude fibre % DM 31.1 1
ADF % DM 33.4 1
Ether extract % DM 32.2 3.7 29.0 36.3 3
Ash % DM 2.4 2.4 2.4 2
Gross energy MJ/kg DM 26.1 *
 
Amino acids Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Alanine % protein 3.9 1
Arginine % protein 9.4 1
Aspartic acid % protein 9.2 1
Cystine % protein 1.7 1
Glutamic acid % protein 18.4 1
Glycine % protein 5.0 1
Histidine % protein 2.6 1
Isoleucine % protein 3.7 1
Leucine % protein 6.0 1
Lysine % protein 3.2 1
Methionine % protein 1.5 1
Phenylalanine % protein 4.3 1
Proline % protein 3.9 1
Serine % protein 4.3 1
Threonine % protein 3.2 1
Tryptophan % protein 0.9 1
Tyrosine % protein 2.9 1
Valine % protein 5.3 1
 
Pig nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Energy digestibility, growing pig % 41.3 *
DE growing pig MJ/kg DM 10.8 *

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

References

Ashes et al., 1978; Latha et al., 1984; Van Etten et al., 1963

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

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