Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), stems, fresh

Main analysis	Unit	Avg	SD	Min	Max	Nb
Dry matter	% as fed	6.7	1.1	5.9	7.9	3
Crude protein	% DM	13.1	5.2	6.3	19.1	7
Crude fibre	% DM	21.8	5.3	15.2	30.9	7
NDF	% DM	55.1	2.1	52.7	56.5	3
ADF	% DM	34.3	4.6	29.7	38.9	3
Lignin	% DM	11.5		10.6	12.4	2
Ether extract	% DM	1.8	0.8	0.9	3.2	7
Ash	% DM	21.8	6.2	17.6	34.9	7
Gross energy	MJ/kg DM	15.3					*

Minerals	Unit	Avg	SD	Min	Max	Nb
Calcium	g/kg DM	14.1	7.1	4.1	22.5	6
Phosphorus	g/kg DM	7.4	3.7	1.0	11.1	6
Potassium	g/kg DM	45.4	26.5	27.3	75.9	3
Sodium	g/kg DM	7.6	4.1	4.0	12.1	3
Magnesium	g/kg DM	58.0	118.6	1.5	270.0	5
Manganese	mg/kg DM	288	273	88	599	3
Zinc	mg/kg DM	22	9	15	32	3
Copper	mg/kg DM	15	23	1	42	3
Iron	mg/kg DM	130		82	178	2

Amino acids	Unit	Avg	SD	Min	Max	Nb
Alanine	% protein	3.5				1
Arginine	% protein	2.6				1
Aspartic acid	% protein	30.1				1
Cystine	% protein	0.6				1
Glutamic acid	% protein	10.2				1
Glycine	% protein	3.1				1
Histidine	% protein	1.2				1
Isoleucine	% protein	2.8				1
Leucine	% protein	4.5				1
Lysine	% protein	2.8				1
Methionine	% protein	0.7				1
Phenylalanine	% protein	3.1				1
Proline	% protein	3.3				1
Serine	% protein	2.6				1
Threonine	% protein	2.8				1
Tryptophan	% protein	0.9				1
Tyrosine	% protein	1.9				1
Valine	% protein	3.1				1

Secondary metabolites	Unit	Avg	SD	Min	Max	Nb
Tannins (eq. tannic acid)	g/kg DM	0.8		0.6	1.0	2

Ruminant nutritive values	Unit	Avg	SD	Min	Max	Nb
OM digestibility, ruminants (gas production)	%	58		56	60	2
ME ruminants (gas production)	MJ/kg DM	6.3		5.8	6.7	2

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

Last updated on 24/10/2012 00:45:43

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