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Cocoa pod husks

Main analysis Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Dry matter % as fed 91.0 3.6 87.2 94.9 6
Crude protein % DM 7.7 1.4 5.9 11.1 11
Crude fibre % DM 29.3 5.1 22.6 35.4 10
NDF % DM 55.2 9.6 43.1 64.4 4
ADF % DM 43.5 9.5 33.4 56.4 5
Lignin % DM 13.4 1.2 12.2 14.6 3
Ether extract % DM 2.7 3.3 0.5 9.9 11
Ash % DM 11.2 3.0 7.8 17.2 11
Gross energy MJ/kg DM 17.4 4.9 12.8 22.6 3 *
 
Minerals Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Calcium g/kg DM 5.7 2.2 2.2 8.8 8
Phosphorus g/kg DM 3.4 3.2 1.0 10.7 8
Potassium g/kg DM 50.1 22.1 30.8 76.0 5
Sodium g/kg DM 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 3
Magnesium g/kg DM 5.4 2.3 2.2 8.0 6
Manganese mg/kg DM 95 58 34 150 3
Zinc mg/kg DM 85 30 40 100 4
Copper mg/kg DM 1278 2482 6 5000 4
Iron mg/kg DM 1180 1818 90 3900 4
 
Amino acids Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Alanine % protein 5.2 4.7 5.7 2
Arginine % protein 3.2 2.9 3.5 2
Aspartic acid % protein 10.2 10.0 10.4 2
Cystine % protein 1.2 1
Glutamic acid % protein 10.5 10.1 10.9 2
Glycine % protein 4.2 3.8 4.6 2
Histidine % protein 2.6 2.4 2.7 2
Isoleucine % protein 3.5 3.1 3.9 2
Leucine % protein 6.1 5.6 6.6 2
Lysine % protein 5.0 4.7 5.2 2
Methionine % protein 0.6 0.5 0.7 2
Phenylalanine % protein 4.4 4.1 4.8 2
Proline % protein 5.2 5.0 5.4 2
Serine % protein 5.0 4.7 5.4 2
Threonine % protein 4.3 3.9 4.6 2
Tryptophan % protein 0.5 1
Tyrosine % protein 2.6 2.4 2.7 2
Valine % protein 5.6 5.4 5.7 2
 
Secondary metabolites Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Tannins (eq. tannic acid) g/kg DM 1.7 1
 
Pig nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Energy digestibility, growing pig % 44.1 *
DE growing pig MJ/kg DM 7.7 *
Nitrogen digestibility, growing pig % 49.2 1

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

References

Bateman et al., 1967; CIRAD, 1991; Devendra et al., 1970; Donkoh et al., 1991; Gowda et al., 2004; Kuan et al., 1982; Ohlde et al., 1982; Okai et al., 1984; Orskov et al., 1992; Ridzwan et al., 1993; Sobamiwa et al., 1994; Tuah et al., 1996; Vadiveloo et al., 1992

Last updated on 24/10/2012 00:45:43

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