Shittimwood (Acacia seyal), aerial part, fresh

Main analysis	Unit	Avg	SD	Min	Max	Nb
Dry matter	% as fed	44.9	4.7	38.9	52.6	6
Crude protein	% DM	15.6	2.5	10.7	21.4	32
Crude fibre	% DM	15.2	6.6	8.4	28.5	14
NDF	% DM	26.7	6.2	20.2	42.4	16
ADF	% DM	17.3	5.2	12.5	31.3	18
Lignin	% DM	5.8	3.5	1.8	16.7	17
Ether extract	% DM	4.2	1.7	1.7	7.6	14
Ash	% DM	8.3	1.6	6.1	12.6	31
Gross energy	MJ/kg DM	18.2					*

Minerals	Unit	Avg	SD	Min	Max	Nb
Calcium	g/kg DM	22.6	12.4	6.4	49.0	15
Phosphorus	g/kg DM	1.6	0.5	0.4	2.4	15
Potassium	g/kg DM	10.4	3.7	4.1	18.2	13
Sodium	g/kg DM	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.8	5
Magnesium	g/kg DM	2.6	0.8	1.3	4.0	14
Manganese	mg/kg DM	64	36	32	113	6
Zinc	mg/kg DM	27	8	17	39	6
Copper	mg/kg DM	14	19	6	54	6
Iron	mg/kg DM	418				1

Secondary metabolites	Unit	Avg	SD	Min	Max	Nb
Tannins (eq. tannic acid)	g/kg DM	114.3	164.4	0.0	480.0	7
Tannins, condensed (eq. catechin)	g/kg DM	22.3	9.3	12.0	30.0	3

Ruminant nutritive values	Unit	Avg	SD	Min	Max	Nb
OM digestibility, Ruminant	%	80.2					*
OM digestibility, ruminants (gas production)	%	54		52	56	2
Energy digestibility, ruminants	%	76.6					*
DE ruminants	MJ/kg DM	14.0					*
ME ruminants	MJ/kg DM	11.4					*
ME ruminants (gas production)	MJ/kg DM	7.6		7.2	8.0	2
a (N)	%	26.0				1
b (N)	%	46.0				1
c (N)	h-1	0.024				1
Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=4%)	%	43					*
Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=6%)	%	39					*

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

Last updated on 24/10/2012 00:45:03

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