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Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera), depitted

Main analysis Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Dry matter % as fed 84.0 1.2 81.4 86.7 16
Crude protein % DM 4.9 1.8 2.5 8.1 35
Crude fibre % DM 3.2 0.5 2.1 4.0 15
ADF % DM 5.6 0.5 5.0 6.7 16
Ether extract % DM 0.6 0.6 0.1 2.8 16
Ash % DM 2.5 0.2 2.1 2.9 30
Total sugars % DM 84.5 1
Gross energy MJ/kg DM 17.4 0.4 15.8 17.4 14 *
 
Minerals Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Calcium g/kg DM 7.4 1.3 5.4 10.9 19
Phosphorus g/kg DM 0.8 0.2 0.6 1.1 19
Potassium g/kg DM 17.4 1.8 14.3 20.6 18
Magnesium g/kg DM 14.7 2.2 10.0 19.0 17
Manganese mg/kg DM 5 1 4 6 18
Zinc mg/kg DM 8 1 6 9 18
Copper mg/kg DM 6 2 3 8 16
Iron mg/kg DM 36 11 19 58 18
 
Amino acids Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Alanine % protein 3.7 3.3 4.0 2
Arginine % protein 1.3 0.4 2.2 2
Aspartic acid % protein 6.9 6.5 7.4 2
Cystine % protein 1.9 1.9 1.9 2
Glutamic acid % protein 8.8 8.5 9.2 2
Glycine % protein 4.0 3.7 4.3 2
Histidine % protein 1.1 1.1 1.1 2
Isoleucine % protein 2.1 1.9 2.4 2
Leucine % protein 3.8 3.3 4.3 2
Lysine % protein 1.2 0.7 1.6 2
Methionine % protein 0.8 0.7 0.8 2
Phenylalanine % protein 2.3 1.9 2.7 2
Proline % protein 2.9 2.6 3.2 2
Serine % protein 2.2 1.5 3.0 2
Threonine % protein 2.1 1.9 2.4 2
Tryptophan % protein 1.1 1
Tyrosine % protein 3.0 1
Valine % protein 3.2 3.0 3.5 2
 
Pig nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Energy digestibility, growing pig % 85.1 *
DE growing pig MJ/kg DM 14.8 *
 
Poultry nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
TME poultry MJ/kg DM 15.2 1.2 12.4 16.4 15

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

References

Belal et al., 1997; Hussein et al., 1998; Najib et al., 1993; Vandepopuliere et al., 1995; Williams, 1978

Last updated on 24/10/2012 00:45:32

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