Table 2.
Nutrition content of experimental feeds (dry matter basis).
| Nutrition Composition | Feed | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CFA | CFB | CFC | CFD | CFE | CFF | CFG | CFH | CFI | CFJ | |
| Iron (Fe) (mg/kg) | 228.1 | 61.1 | 171.1 | 327.2 | 288.2 | 212.5 | 881.4 | 172.6 | 46.2 | 38.4 |
| Copper (Cu) (mg/kg) | 16.2 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 18.0 | 7.3 | 19.7 | 9.7 | 8.6 | 5.37 | 3.5 |
| Zinc (Zn) (mg/kg) | 67.0 | 49.5 | 37.1 | 62.5 | 45.0 | 28.8 | 64.2 | 35.8 | 57.9 | 18.9 |
| Manganese (Mn) (mg/kg) | 63.9 | 73.9 | 35.9 | 52.8 | 57.6 | 10.2 | 79.3 | 52.8 | 83.6 | 85.2 |
| Sodium (Na) (mg/kg) | 1065.4 | 100.0 | 1939.3 | 1935.0 | 2033.4 | 1040.8 | 2399.9 | 1935.0 | 21.3 | 19.3 |
| Magnesium (Mg) (%) | 0.2 | 0.01 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Calcium (Ca) (%) | 0.5 | 0.01 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P) (%) | 0.2 | 0.02 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.02 |
| Potassium (K) (%) | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Moisture (%) | 9.8 | 9.5 | 12.9 | 7.2 | 11.6 | 9.5 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 9.9 | 12.0 |
| Crude protein (%) | 28.0 | 25.0 | 24.5 | 24.0 | 23.5 | 22.5 | 21.5 | 20.0 | 14.5 | 13.5 |
| Crude fat (%) | 9.3 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 1.3 |
| Crude ash (%) | 6.3 | 5.3 | 8.4 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 6.4 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| Crude fiber (%) | 2.5 | 10.0 | 22.7 | 8.8 | 10.6 | 6.2 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 9.98 | 11.4 |
| Available carbohydrates (%) | 44.1 | 46.8 | 27.7 | 42.8 | 42.1 | 53.5 | 40.0 | 41.8 | 56.9 | 56.6 |
| Energy (Kcal/kg) | 3721.0 | 3178.0 | 2430.0 | 3311.0 | 2813.0 | 3211.0 | 3027.0 | 2949.0 | 3162.0 | 2921.0 |
Note: CFA—16% soybean meal + 22% a mixture of fine wheat and wheat flour + 15% broken rice+ 25% maize + 5% bergafats + 1% lysine amino acid +1% DCP + 1% methionine + 1% vitamin-mineral premix + 1% lime + 15% fish meal; CFB—98% cassava leaves + 1% sugar + 1% baking powder; CFC—20% silver leaf desmodium + 20% wheat bran + 40% cowpea bran + 20% maize bran; CFD—30% tropical African morning glory, 30% maize bran, 20% navy bean bran, 10% maize germ, 10% rice bran; CFE—20% tropical African morning glory, CFF—30% tropical African morning glory + 40% cassava leaves powder + 20% cowpea bran + 10% of navy bean bran; CFG—20% tropical African morning glory, 20% gallant soldier, 15% cassava leaves, 20% cowpea bran, 10% navy bean bran, 10% maize bran, 5% wheat bran; CFH—30% cassava leaves + gallant soldier + 20% cowpea bran + 10% tropical African morning glory + 10% taro leaves; CFI—99% wheat bran and 1% baking powder; CFJ—33% maize bran, 33% cassava tuber bran, 33% wheat bran, 1% baking powder; DCP is dicalcium phosphate.