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Persian clover (Trifolium resupinatum), hay

Main analysis Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Crude protein % DM 14.0 3.9 8.1 19.0 8  
Crude fibre % DM 28.4         *
NDF % DM 43.1 6.6 37.3 52.3 6  
ADF % DM 37.1 7.6 28.0 49.3 7  
Lignin % DM 6.6 1.9 4.5 8.9 7  
Ether extract % DM 2.0       1  
Ash % DM 9.7 1.6 7.1 12.1 8  
Water-soluble carbohydrates % DM 2.0       1  
Gross energy MJ/kg DM 18.1         *
               
Minerals Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Calcium g/kg DM 14.9   14.2 15.5 2  
Phosphorus g/kg DM 1.8   1.4 2.2 2  
Potassium g/kg DM 18.3   17.0 19.6 2  
Sodium g/kg DM 1.8   1.4 2.2 2  
Magnesium g/kg DM 2.2   1.8 2.6 2  
Manganese mg/kg DM 82   41 123 2  
Zinc mg/kg DM 115   36 194 2  
Copper mg/kg DM 9   7 10 2  
Iron mg/kg DM 465   286 644 2  
               
Amino acids Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Alanine % protein 4.9       1  
Arginine % protein 4.7       1  
Aspartic acid % protein 9.7       1  
Cystine % protein 0.1       1  
Glutamic acid % protein 9.4       1  
Glycine % protein 5.7       1  
Histidine % protein 2.7       1  
Isoleucine % protein 4.5       1  
Leucine % protein 6.2       1  
Lysine % protein 4.2       1  
Methionine % protein 0.9       1  
Phenylalanine % protein 3.9       1  
Serine % protein 4.3       1  
Threonine % protein 4.1       1  
Tyrosine % protein 3.1       1  
Valine % protein 5.6       1  
               
Ruminant nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
OM digestibility, Ruminant % 56.2 7.7 51.4 73.0 7 *
Energy digestibility, ruminants % 52.8   52.8 68.0 2 *
DE ruminants MJ/kg DM 9.6         *
ME ruminants MJ/kg DM 7.7         *
Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants % 57.6 15.6 33.8 70.0 6  
a (N) % 25.8       1  
b (N) % 47.1       1  
c (N) h-1 0.039       1  
Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=4%) % 49         *
Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=6%) % 44         *
               
Rabbit nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Energy digestibility, rabbit % 46.2         *
DE rabbit MJ/kg DM 8.4         *

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

References

Hogan et al., 1989; Khazaal et al., 1993; Li et al., 1992; Li et al., 1994; Margan et al., 1988; McLaren et al., 1988; Susmel et al., 1995

Last updated on 02/05/2013 17:24:24

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