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Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), whole plant with roots, dried

Main analysis Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Dry matter % as fed 88.8 5.9 81.4 95.7 4
Crude protein % DM 13.7 2.8 10.7 17.8 6
Crude fibre % DM 24.0 5.1 17.1 28.6 5
NDF % DM 58.0 1
ADF % DM 32.3 1
Lignin % DM 8.6 1
Ether extract % DM 2.3 1.7 0.9 4.8 5
Ash % DM 18.1 5.2 14.5 27.2 5
Gross energy MJ/kg DM 16.4 *
 
Minerals Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Calcium g/kg DM 12.9 9.1 2.5 18.8 3
Phosphorus g/kg DM 2.3 1.5 0.5 3.2 3
Potassium g/kg DM 8.7 5.5 2.7 13.5 3
Sodium g/kg DM 3.6 4.3 0.3 8.4 3
Magnesium g/kg DM 2.8 1.4 1.6 4.3 3
Manganese mg/kg DM 269 211 70 490 3
Zinc mg/kg DM 151 101 200 2
Copper mg/kg DM 18 9 26 2
Iron mg/kg DM 1221 112 2330 2
 
Amino acids Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Alanine % protein 4.0 1
Arginine % protein 1.3 1
Aspartic acid % protein 10.1 1
Glutamic acid % protein 9.1 1
Glycine % protein 3.8 1
Histidine % protein 1.2 1
Isoleucine % protein 3.0 1
Leucine % protein 5.5 1
Lysine % protein 6.4 1
Phenylalanine % protein 3.9 1
Proline % protein 2.4 1
Serine % protein 1.4 1
Threonine % protein 1.9 1
Tyrosine % protein 0.6 1
Valine % protein 5.1 1
 
Rabbit nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Energy digestibility, rabbit % 40.6 *
DE rabbit MJ/kg DM 6.7 6.5 6.8 2
MEn rabbit MJ/kg DM 6.3 *
Nitrogen digestibility, rabbit % 55.0 38.9 71.1 2

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

References

Biobaku et al., 1991; Edwards et al., 1985; Gérard et al., 1980; Grandi et al., 1983; Grandi, 1981; Moreland et al., 1991

Last updated on 24/10/2012 00:45:18

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