Sword bean (Canavalia gladiata), seeds
| Main analysis | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Dry matter | % as fed | 88.9 | 0.1 | 88.8 | 89.0 | 3 | |
| Crude protein | % DM | 30.9 | 2.8 | 28.2 | 33.6 | 4 | |
| Crude fibre | % DM | 10.6 | 3.4 | 8.0 | 14.4 | 3 | |
| Ether extract | % DM | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 4 | |
| Ash | % DM | 3.9 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4 | |
| Gross energy | MJ/kg DM | 19.3 | * | ||||
| Minerals | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Calcium | g/kg DM | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| Phosphorus | g/kg DM | 5.2 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 2 | ||
| Potassium | g/kg DM | 8.9 | 1 | ||||
| Magnesium | g/kg DM | 1.5 | 1 | ||||
| Manganese | mg/kg DM | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Zinc | mg/kg DM | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Copper | mg/kg DM | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Iron | mg/kg DM | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Amino acids | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Alanine | % protein | 2.6 | 1.2 | 4.0 | 2 | ||
| Arginine | % protein | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2 | ||
| Aspartic acid | % protein | 6.6 | 3.7 | 9.5 | 2 | ||
| Glutamic acid | % protein | 8.8 | 7.5 | 10.1 | 2 | ||
| Glycine | % protein | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 2 | ||
| Histidine | % protein | 3.1 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 2 | ||
| Isoleucine | % protein | 4.6 | 2.7 | 6.4 | 2 | ||
| Leucine | % protein | 6.8 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 2 | ||
| Lysine | % protein | 5.5 | 4.2 | 6.9 | 2 | ||
| Methionine | % protein | 0.6 | 1 | ||||
| Phenylalanine | % protein | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2 | ||
| Proline | % protein | 4.0 | 1 | ||||
| Serine | % protein | 2.9 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 2 | ||
| Threonine | % protein | 3.8 | 1 | ||||
| Tryptophan | % protein | 1.3 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2 | ||
| Tyrosine | % protein | 3.5 | 1 | ||||
| Valine | % protein | 4.4 | 2.8 | 5.9 | 2 | ||
| Ruminant nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| OM digestibility, Ruminant | % | 90.6 | * | ||||
| Pig nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Energy digestibility, growing pig | % | 73.4 | * | ||||
| DE growing pig | MJ/kg DM | 14.2 | * |
The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.
References
Bredon et al., 1962; Bressani et al., 1987; Ogunji et al., 2003; Udedibie, 1991
Last updated on 24/10/2012 00:45:13
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