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. 2020 Apr 17;13(4):706–715. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2020.706-715

Table-1.

The chemical composition of the complete silage constituents1.

Nutrient composition Feed ingredients

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench Leucaena leucocephala Pennisetum purpureum Natural grass Corn flour Bran pollard
Dry matter (%) 29.51 25.60 24.16 26.81 85.633 88.058
Organic matter (%) 88.823 84.081 83.100 76.413 83.159 84.563
Crude protein (%) 10.537 25.059 11.274 4510 9240 17.043
Crude fiber (%) 23.320 18.366 26.342 32.133 3437 7114
Extract ether (%) 2.554 5.514 4.207 1.182 4.640 4.717
CHO (%) 75.732 53.509 67.620 70.721 69.279 62.803
NFE (%) 52.412 35.143 41.278 38.589 65.841 55.690
TDN (%) 84.084* 54.125* 55.484* 55.625* 76.422* 74.235*
GE: MJ/kg DM 16.527 17.212 15.866 13.731 15.808 16.605
Kcal/kg DM 3934.95 4097.99 3777.56 3269.31 3763.74 3953.55
ME (Kcal/kg DM) 2862.60 2945.62 2566.48 1938.44 3553.00 3431.78
1

Results of Feed Chemistry Laboratory Analysis, Faculty of Animal Husbandry Undana (2019); NFE=Nitrogen-free extract, TDN=Total digestible nutrients; GE=Gross energy; ME=Metabolism energy;

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In accordance with the equation Hartadi et al. [8]