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Butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea), aerial part, silage

Main analysis Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Dry matter % as fed 28.3 1
Crude protein % DM 19.6 2.2 17.6 21.9 3
Crude fibre % DM 28.5 *
NDF % DM 51.5 3.8 48.9 55.9 3
ADF % DM 34.7 34.6 34.7 2
Lignin % DM 10.3 9.8 10.7 2
Ash % DM 10.0 1
Gross energy MJ/kg DM 16.5 1
 
Ruminant nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
OM digestibility, Ruminant % 61.1 *
DM digestibility, ruminants % 63.3 59.8 66.8 2
Energy digestibility, ruminants % 58.4 *
DE ruminants MJ/kg DM 9.6 *
ME ruminants MJ/kg DM 7.6 *
 
Pig nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Energy digestibility, growing pig % 65.4 1
DE growing pig MJ/kg DM 10.8 *
MEn growing pig MJ/kg DM 10.3 1

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

References

Kawas et al., 1995; López et al., 2001

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

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