Alfalfa hay
| Main analysis | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Dry matter | % as fed | 89.4 | 2.9 | 76.1 | 94.8 | 1151 | |
| Crude protein | % DM | 18.2 | 2.6 | 11.3 | 25.3 | 1358 | |
| Crude fibre | % DM | 28.9 | 3.8 | 19.4 | 38.2 | 877 | |
| NDF | % DM | 44.8 | 5.7 | 31.3 | 59.4 | 1038 | |
| ADF | % DM | 33.4 | 4.3 | 22.5 | 44.5 | 1038 | |
| Lignin | % DM | 7.6 | 1.3 | 4.8 | 11.1 | 770 | |
| Ether extract | % DM | 2.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 721 | |
| Ash | % DM | 10.7 | 1.6 | 7.2 | 16.0 | 1109 | |
| Gross energy | MJ/kg DM | 18.2 | 0.4 | 17.2 | 18.8 | 12 | * |
| Minerals | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Calcium | g/kg DM | 16.8 | 3.3 | 8.4 | 24.5 | 674 | |
| Phosphorus | g/kg DM | 2.6 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 682 | |
| Potassium | g/kg DM | 24.6 | 6.0 | 13.2 | 36.3 | 17 | |
| Sodium | g/kg DM | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 7 | |
| Magnesium | g/kg DM | 2.3 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 636 | |
| Manganese | mg/kg DM | 43 | 1 | ||||
| Zinc | mg/kg DM | 27 | 4 | 20 | 30 | 7 | |
| Copper | mg/kg DM | 9 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 8 | |
| Iron | mg/kg DM | 587 | 1 | ||||
| Amino acids | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Alanine | % protein | 4.6 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 5 | |
| Arginine | % protein | 4.5 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 7 | |
| Aspartic acid | % protein | 10.0 | 0.9 | 8.4 | 10.6 | 5 | |
| Cystine | % protein | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 4 | |
| Glutamic acid | % protein | 7.8 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 10.5 | 5 | |
| Glycine | % protein | 4.3 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 5 | |
| Histidine | % protein | 2.1 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 7 | |
| Isoleucine | % protein | 3.6 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 7 | |
| Leucine | % protein | 6.3 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 7.3 | 7 | |
| Lysine | % protein | 4.3 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 7 | |
| Methionine | % protein | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 7 | |
| Phenylalanine | % protein | 4.2 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 7 | |
| Proline | % protein | 7.1 | 0.6 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 5 | |
| Serine | % protein | 4.3 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 5 | |
| Threonine | % protein | 3.8 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 7 | |
| Tryptophan | % protein | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2 | ||
| Tyrosine | % protein | 2.6 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 5 | |
| Valine | % protein | 4.7 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 7 | |
| Ruminant nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| OM digestibility, Ruminant | % | 61.8 | 3.3 | 53.3 | 66.4 | 80 | * |
| Energy digestibility, ruminants | % | 58.4 | 1.8 | 57.7 | 62.3 | 5 | * |
| DE ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 10.6 | * | ||||
| ME ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 8.4 | * | ||||
| Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants | % | 72.0 | 4.2 | 58.2 | 79.6 | 61 | |
| a (N) | % | 55.8 | 52.7 | 58.9 | 2 | ||
| b (N) | % | 37.0 | 34.7 | 39.3 | 2 | ||
| c (N) | h-1 | 0.097 | 0.094 | 0.099 | 2 | ||
| Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=4%) | % | 82 | * | ||||
| Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=6%) | % | 79 | 7 | 53 | 81 | 19 | * |
| Rabbit nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Energy digestibility, rabbit | % | 45.4 | 5.5 | 35.9 | 51.2 | 5 | * |
| DE rabbit | MJ/kg DM | 8.3 | 1.0 | 6.4 | 9.2 | 7 | * |
| Nitrogen digestibility, rabbit | % | 68.2 | 7.0 | 55.8 | 74.4 | 7 | |
| MEn rabbit | MJ/kg DM | 7.6 | * |
The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.
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