Wheat straw
| Main analysis | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Dry matter | % as fed | 91.0 | 1.3 | 87.3 | 93.8 | 438 | |
| Crude protein | % DM | 4.2 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 6.0 | 428 | |
| Crude fibre | % DM | 41.5 | 2.1 | 36.6 | 46.2 | 438 | |
| NDF | % DM | 77.5 | 4.2 | 65.4 | 86.0 | 85 | * |
| ADF | % DM | 50.0 | 3.5 | 43.3 | 57.0 | 80 | * |
| Lignin | % DM | 7.2 | 1.0 | 5.3 | 9.7 | 203 | |
| Ether extract | % DM | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 53 | |
| Ash | % DM | 6.7 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 10.0 | 433 | |
| Starch (polarimetry) | % DM | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 114 | |
| Total sugars | % DM | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 5.7 | 138 | |
| Gross energy | MJ/kg DM | 18.5 | 0.6 | 16.0 | 18.5 | 18 | * |
| Minerals | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Calcium | g/kg DM | 4.8 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 7.9 | 226 | |
| Phosphorus | g/kg DM | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 226 | |
| Potassium | g/kg DM | 11.2 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 21.2 | 40 | |
| Sodium | g/kg DM | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 143 | |
| Magnesium | g/kg DM | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 5.4 | 18 | |
| Manganese | mg/kg DM | 32 | 19 | 12 | 60 | 5 | |
| Zinc | mg/kg DM | 17 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 10 | |
| Copper | mg/kg DM | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |
| Iron | mg/kg DM | 184 | 201 | 52 | 643 | 8 | |
| Secondary metabolites | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Tannins (eq. tannic acid) | g/kg DM | 2.5 | 1 | ||||
| Tannins, condensed (eq. catechin) | g/kg DM | 0.2 | 1 | ||||
| Ruminant nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| OM digestibility, ruminants | % | 48.4 | 4.8 | 38.7 | 55.2 | 27 | * |
| Energy digestibility, ruminants | % | 45.2 | 37.4 | 46.7 | 2 | * | |
| DE ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 8.3 | * | ||||
| ME ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 6.8 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 2 | * | |
| ME ruminants (gas production) | MJ/kg DM | 5.0 | 0.9 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 3 | |
| Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants | % | 3.5 | 49.5 | -69.3 | 85.0 | 15 | * |
| a (N) | % | 38.4 | 1 | ||||
| b (N) | % | 25.5 | 1 | ||||
| c (N) | h-1 | 0.056 | 1 | ||||
| Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=4%) | % | 53 | * | ||||
| Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=6%) | % | 51 | * | ||||
| Pig nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Energy digestibility, growing pig | % | 12.3 | * | ||||
| DE growing pig | MJ/kg DM | 2.3 | * | ||||
| MEn growing pig | MJ/kg DM | 2.0 | * | ||||
| NE growing pig | MJ/kg DM | 1.1 | * | ||||
| Rabbit nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Energy digestibility, rabbit | % | 18.8 | * | ||||
| DE rabbit | MJ/kg DM | 3.5 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 6.4 | 3 | |
| MEn rabbit | MJ/kg DM | 3.3 | * | ||||
| Nitrogen digestibility, rabbit | % | 60.0 | 33.9 | 35.1 | 98.7 | 3 |
The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.
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