Feedipedia
Animal feed resources information system
Feedipedia
Feedipedia

Marula (Sclerocarya birrea), oil cake

Main analysis Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Dry matter % as fed 95.3 2.5 90.1 98.1 7  
Crude protein % DM 39.3 5.9 32.3 47 8  
Crude fibre % DM 5.8       1  
Neutral detergent fibre % DM 14.8 5.4 7.9 20.8 5  
Acid detergent fibre % DM 11.2 4.9 4.9 18 7  
Lignin % DM 9.4       1  
Ether extract % DM 43.8 7 34.3 53.6 7  
Ash % DM 5 0.4 4.5 5.6 6  
Gross energy MJ/kg DM 28.6   28.5 30.7 2 *
               
Amino acids Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Alanine g/16g N 2.7   2.1 3.1 4  
Arginine g/16g N 15.9   13.5 19.5 4  
Aspartic acid g/16g N 6.3   5 7.5 4  
Cystine g/16g N 1.9   0.8 2.5 3  
Glutamic acid g/16g N 19.7   15.7 22.9 4  
Glycine g/16g N 4   2.9 4.6 4  
Histidine g/16g N 2.4   1.7 3.7 4  
Isoleucine g/16g N 3.7   3.3 4 4  
Leucine g/16g N 5.3   4.3 5.9 4  
Lysine g/16g N 2.3   1.9 2.8 4  
Methionine g/16g N 1.8   1.7 1.9 4  
Methionine+cystine g/16g N 3.8         *
Phenylalanine g/16g N 3.8   3 4.4 4  
Phenylalanine+tyrosine g/16g N 7.5         *
Proline g/16g N 3.1   2.3 4 4  
Serine g/16g N 3.7   2.7 4.3 4  
Threonine g/16g N 2.1   1.5 2.6 4  
Tryptophan g/16g N 1.5   1 1.9 3  
Tyrosine g/16g N 3.7   3 4.8 3  
Valine g/16g N 4.1   3.3 4.6 4  
               
Fatty acids Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Myristic acid C14:0 % fatty acids 0.1   0.08 0.1 2  
Palmitic acid C16:0 % fatty acids 11.7   9.7 13.6 3  
Palmitoleic acid C16:1 % fatty acids 0.1   0.02 0.2 2  
Stearic acid C18:0 % fatty acids 6.4   5.1 7.7 3  
Oleic acid C18:1 % fatty acids 77.5   72.9 85.2 3  
Linoleic acid C18:2 % fatty acids 6.9   6.8 6.9 2  
Linolenic acid C18:3 % fatty acids 0.05   0.04 0.06 2  
               
Minerals Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Calcium g/kg DM 1.3 0.2 1.1 1.5 6  
Phosphorus g/kg DM 10 1.2 8 11 6  
Potassium g/kg DM 6.9   5 9.3 3  
Sodium g/kg DM 0.09   0.03 0.14 3  
Chlorine g/kg DM 0.2   0 0.3 2  
Magnesium g/kg DM 5   4.5 5.5 3  
Sulfur g/kg DM 5.1   4.2 5.9 2  
Zinc mg/kg DM 55   50 60 2  
Copper mg/kg DM 25   20 30 2  
Iron mg/kg DM 365   40 690 2  
               
Pig nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Energy digestibility, growing pig % 79.4         *
DE growing pig MJ/kg DM 22.7         *
MEn growing pig MJ/kg DM 21.6         *
NE growing pig MJ/kg DM 17.1         *
Nitrogen digestibility, growing pig % 100         *
               
Poultry nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
AMEn cockerel MJ/kg DM 21.9         *
AMEn broiler MJ/kg DM 20.1         *
               
Ruminants nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
OM digestibility, ruminants % 78.3         *
Energy digestibility, ruminants % 84         *
ME ruminants MJ/kg DM 18.7         *
Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants % 76.9         *
Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=6%) % 58   43 86 3  
Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=4%) % 65   52 89 3  
Dry matter degradability (effective, k=6%) % 49   34 75 3  
Dry matter degradability (effective, k=4%) % 56   41 79 3  
               
Rabbit nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
DE rabbit MJ/kg DM 24.5         *
MEn rabbit MJ/kg DM 23         *
Energy digestibility, rabbit % 85.6         *
Nitrogen digestibility, rabbit % 72.2         *

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

References

Kamati, 2019; Malebana et al., 2018; Mlambo et al., 2011; Mlambo et al., 2011; Mthiyane et al., 2017; Nkosi et al., 2019

Last updated on 08/11/2021 10:48:14

Table status 
Finished
Table order 
3
0