Elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum), aerial part, fresh
| Main analysis | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Dry matter | % as fed | 17.9 | 5.9 | 8.6 | 41.0 | 1036 | |
| Crude protein | % DM | 9.7 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 22.7 | 2209 | |
| Crude fibre | % DM | 36.1 | 3.9 | 25.5 | 43.2 | 1091 | * |
| NDF | % DM | 71.5 | 7.1 | 54.1 | 79.9 | 433 | * |
| ADF | % DM | 42.5 | 6.4 | 29.5 | 52.9 | 377 | * |
| Lignin | % DM | 5.7 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 9.1 | 365 | * |
| Ether extract | % DM | 2.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 1022 | |
| Ash | % DM | 13.8 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 25.1 | 2200 | |
| Gross energy | MJ/kg DM | 17.4 | 1.1 | 16.0 | 18.9 | 5 | * |
| Minerals | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Calcium | g/kg DM | 3.6 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 7.6 | 1160 | |
| Phosphorus | g/kg DM | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 6.6 | 1762 | |
| Potassium | g/kg DM | 29.0 | 13.9 | 4.9 | 68.0 | 1207 | |
| Sodium | g/kg DM | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 89 | |
| Magnesium | g/kg DM | 3.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 6.2 | 1031 | |
| Manganese | mg/kg DM | 91 | 56 | 19 | 238 | 38 | |
| Zinc | mg/kg DM | 45 | 26 | 20 | 129 | 45 | |
| Copper | mg/kg DM | 11 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 55 | |
| Iron | mg/kg DM | 413 | 323 | 82 | 1175 | 21 | |
| Amino acids | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Arginine | % protein | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2 | ||
| Cystine | % protein | 0.2 | 1 | ||||
| Histidine | % protein | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| Isoleucine | % protein | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 2 | ||
| Leucine | % protein | 5.7 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 2 | ||
| Lysine | % protein | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2 | ||
| Methionine | % protein | 1.4 | 1 | ||||
| Phenylalanine | % protein | 3.6 | 1 | ||||
| Threonine | % protein | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2 | ||
| Tryptophan | % protein | 0.6 | 1 | ||||
| Tyrosine | % protein | 4.9 | 1 | ||||
| Valine | % protein | 5.1 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 2 | ||
| Secondary metabolites | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Tannins (eq. tannic acid) | g/kg DM | 22.2 | 1 | ||||
| Tannins, condensed (eq. catechin) | g/kg DM | 12.4 | 3.0 | 21.8 | 2 | ||
| Ruminant nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| OM digestibility, ruminants | % | 61.4 | 3.8 | 55.4 | 70.6 | 30 | * |
| OM digestibility, ruminants (gas production) | % | 67 | 1 | ||||
| Energy digestibility, ruminants | % | 58.7 | 56.9 | 72.5 | 2 | * | |
| DE ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 10.2 | * | ||||
| ME ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 8.2 | * | ||||
| ME ruminants (gas production) | MJ/kg DM | 8.2 | 1.1 | 6.4 | 9.2 | 5 | |
| Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants | % | 57.3 | 11.9 | 33.0 | 73.0 | 34 | |
| c (N) | h-1 | 0.012 | 1 |
The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.
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