Carob (Ceratonia siliqua), aerial part, fresh
| Main analysis | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Dry matter | % as fed | 51.2 | 1 | ||||
| Crude protein | % DM | 9.5 | 1.2 | 8.1 | 10.3 | 3 | |
| Crude fibre | % DM | 15.9 | 1 | ||||
| NDF | % DM | 48.2 | 3.9 | 42.5 | 50.6 | 4 | |
| ADF | % DM | 32.4 | 8.9 | 24.5 | 40.1 | 4 | |
| Lignin | % DM | 15.1 | 5.2 | 10.2 | 19.6 | 4 | |
| Ash | % DM | 5.7 | 0.4 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 3 | |
| Minerals | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Calcium | g/kg DM | 13.0 | 1 | ||||
| Phosphorus | g/kg DM | 1.0 | 1 | ||||
| Sodium | g/kg DM | 1.0 | 1 | ||||
| Secondary metabolites | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Tannins, condensed (eq. catechin) | g/kg DM | 7.0 | 1 | ||||
| Ruminant nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| OM digestibility, Ruminant | % | 79.4 | * | ||||
| Energy digestibility, ruminants | % | 76.0 | * |
The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.
References
Ben Salem et al., 2000; Kaitho et al., 1997; Kaitho et al., 1998; Tisserand, 1985
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