Table 2.
Chemical (g/kg DM, Mean ± SD) and amino acid (%, Mean ± SD) composition of hemp by-products.
| Chemical composition | Hemp by-product | Soybean meal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | Cake | Hulls | Hurds | Leaves | ||
| DM | 928 ± 16.52 | 929 ± 16.1 | 949 ± 18 | 963 | 931 | 906 ± 9.9 |
| CP | 260 ± 48.64 | 341 ± 50.4 | 127 ± 37 | 32.0 | 238 | 503 ± 18.4 |
| EE | 290 ± 111.24 | 116 ± 15.5 | 103 ± 58 | 0.08 | 200 | 40 ± 15.9 |
| NDF | 328 ± 28.92 | 395 ± 40.7 | 649 ± 93 | 900 | – | 125 ± 17.6 |
| ADF | 230 ± 15.72 | 275 ± 19.3 | 502 ± 61 | 789 | – | 89 ± 10.2 |
| Ash | 57 ± 10.85 | 68 ± 3.44 | 39 ± 60 | – | 112 | 69 ± 5.5 |
| Amino acid | ||||||
| Arginine | 2.42 ± 0.26 | 4.11 ± 0.69 | 0.94 ± 0.80 | – | 4.32 | 3.63 ± 0.21 |
| Cystine | 0.44 ± 0.06 | 0.74 ± 0.15 | 0.18 ± 0.06 | – | 0.79 | 0.71 ± 0.06 |
| Histidine | 0.58 ± 0.06 | 0.98 ± 0.19 | 0.25 ± 0.15 | – | 2.21 | 1.27 ± 0.08 |
| Isoleucine | 0.90 ± 0.11 | 1.52 ± 0.23 | 0.39 ± 0.14 | – | 3.23 | 2.47 ± 0.45 |
| Leucine | 1.58 ± 0.16 | 2.47 ± 0.23 | 0.71 ± 0.27 | – | 7.1 | 3.79 ± 0.18 |
| Lysine | 0.91 ± 0.09 | 1.39 ± 0.27 | 0.33 ± 0.16 | – | 3.84 | 3.11 ± 0.16 |
| Methionine | 0.60 ± 0.08 | 0.93 ± 0.25 | 0.18 ± 0.12 | – | 0.89 | 0.65 ± 0.06 |
| Phenylalanine | 1.09 ± 0.16 | 1.70 ± 0.30 | 0.53 ± 0.09 | – | 3.94 | 2.68 ± 0.46 |
| Threonine | 1.07 ± 0.22 | 1.42 ± 0.23 | 0.36 ± 0.13 | – | 2.26 | 1.96 ± 0.10 |
| Tryptophan | 0.24 ± 0.06 | 0.41 ± 0.10 | 0.06 ± 0.04 | – | – | 0.71 ± 0.06 |
| Valine | 1.21 ± 0.14 | 2.01 ± 0.30 | 0.60 ± 0.31 | – | 3.91 | 2.46 ± 0.30 |