Gliricidia leaves, fresh
| Main analysis | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Dry matter | % as fed | 25.3 | 4.3 | 19.6 | 37.0 | 24 | |
| Crude protein | % DM | 22.3 | 3.9 | 15.4 | 28.8 | 234 | |
| Crude fibre | % DM | 19.7 | 2.7 | 14.4 | 28.4 | 27 | |
| NDF | % DM | 49.7 | 6.4 | 35.1 | 60.7 | 260 | |
| ADF | % DM | 34.8 | 7.0 | 22.8 | 48.2 | 197 | |
| Lignin | % DM | 13.0 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 22.2 | 186 | |
| Ether extract | % DM | 4.2 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 32 | |
| Ash | % DM | 10.0 | 1.8 | 6.7 | 13.7 | 270 | |
| Gross energy | MJ/kg DM | 19.7 | 2.3 | 17.5 | 21.8 | 4 | |
| Minerals | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Calcium | g/kg DM | 11.9 | 2.3 | 6.2 | 17.1 | 125 | |
| Phosphorus | g/kg DM | 2.3 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 137 | |
| Potassium | g/kg DM | 27.1 | 8.1 | 12.6 | 43.0 | 115 | |
| Sodium | g/kg DM | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 6 | |
| Magnesium | g/kg DM | 4.5 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 7.2 | 27 | |
| Manganese | mg/kg DM | 79 | 29 | 7 | 109 | 9 | |
| Zinc | mg/kg DM | 35 | 13 | 17 | 52 | 10 | |
| Copper | mg/kg DM | 12 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 10 | |
| Iron | mg/kg DM | 153 | 70 | 15 | 217 | 9 | |
| Secondary metabolites | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Tannins (eq. tannic acid) | g/kg DM | 11.0 | 17.3 | 0.0 | 52.8 | 12 | |
| Tannins, condensed (eq. catechin) | g/kg DM | 10.9 | 16.5 | 0.0 | 40.7 | 9 | |
| Ruminant nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| OM digestibility, Ruminant | % | 75.6 | * | ||||
| OM digestibility, ruminants (gas production) | % | 81 | 1 | ||||
| Energy digestibility, ruminants | % | 73.3 | * | ||||
| DE ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 14.5 | * | ||||
| ME ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 11.5 | * | ||||
| ME ruminants (gas production) | MJ/kg DM | 9.3 | 6.8 | 11.9 | 2 | ||
| Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants | % | 55.1 | 1.5 | 53.5 | 56.5 | 3 | |
| a (N) | % | 31.2 | 18.6 | 11.4 | 66.8 | 6 | |
| b (N) | % | 55.8 | 21.8 | 21.9 | 80.1 | 6 | |
| c (N) | h-1 | 0.078 | 0.022 | 0.046 | 0.107 | 6 | |
| Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=4%) | % | 68 | * | ||||
| Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=6%) | % | 63 | 13 | 50 | 80 | 6 | * |
The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.
References
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