TABLE 4.
The in vitro nutrient digestibility of the faba bean (FB) seeds summarized from several references
| Authors | Feedstuff | In vitro digestibility | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DM | OM | CP | NDF | ||
| Van der Poel et al. (1991) | Raw FB seed | – | – | 0.935 | – |
| Extruded FB seed | – | – | 0.948 | – | |
| Khalil and Mansour (1995) | Raw FB seed | – | – | 0.646 | – |
| Cooked FB seed | – | – | 0.712 | – | |
| Autoclaved FB seed | – | – | 0.737 | – | |
| Germinated FB seed | – | – | 0.722 | – | |
| Elsheikh et al. (1999) | Raw FB seed | – | – | 0.733 | – |
| Ferruzzi et al. (2009) | Raw FB seed | – | 0.914 | – | 0.518 |
| Dehulled FB seed | – | 0.993 | – | 0.903 | |
| Flaked FB seed | – | 0.925 | – | 0.554 | |
| Cooked FB seed | – | 0.895 | – | 0.487 | |
| Germinated FB seed | – | 0.904 | – | 0.391 | |
| Chandra‐Hioe et al. (2016) | Raw FB seed | – | – | 0.755 | – |
| Ivarsson and Neil (2018) | Raw FB seed | 0.735 | 0.725 | 0.955 | – |
| Stone et al. (2019) | Raw FB seed | – | – | 0.769 | – |
Abbreviations: CP, crude protein; DM, dry matter; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; OM, organic matter.