Spear grass (Heteropogon contortus), hay
Main analysis | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
Dry matter | % as fed | 92.6 | 1 | ||||
Crude protein | % DM | 3.2 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 13 | |
Crude fibre | % DM | 38.7 | 4.6 | 29.8 | 40.1 | 4 | * |
NDF | % DM | 79.7 | 3.3 | 71.4 | 81.3 | 30 | |
ADF | % DM | 46.3 | 44.9 | 46.3 | 2 | * | |
Lignin | % DM | 8.1 | 2.1 | 6.0 | 9.9 | 4 | |
Ether extract | % DM | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 4 | |
Ash | % DM | 7.3 | 0.4 | 7.0 | 9.1 | 32 | |
Gross energy | MJ/kg DM | 18.2 | * | ||||
Minerals | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
Calcium | g/kg DM | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2 | ||
Phosphorus | g/kg DM | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | ||
Ruminant nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
OM digestibility, Ruminant | % | 53.7 | 7.5 | 31.5 | 55.8 | 11 | * |
Energy digestibility, ruminants | % | 50.4 | * | ||||
DE ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 9.1 | * | ||||
ME ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 7.5 | * | ||||
Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants | % | 32.2 | 25.5 | -14.3 | 59.0 | 6 |
The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.
References
Hunter et al., 1980; Hunter et al., 1985; Hunter et al., 1987; Lander et al., 1928; Playne, 1972; Reddy et al., 1994; Romero et al., 1976; Sen, 1938
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