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. 2021 Jul 22;9(9):5244–5262. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.2342

TABLE 5.

Effective degradability of faba bean (FB) seeds summarized from several references and different animal species

Authors Animal Feedstuff

Outflow rate

(/hr)

Effective degradability
DM CP
Aguilera et al. (1992) Mature wethers Raw FB seed 0.015 0.808 0.892
0.022 0.761 0.857
AutoclavedFB seed 0.015 0.697 0.769
0.022 0.621 0.703
Rotger et al. (2006) Heifers Raw FB seed 0.810
Morales et al. (2008) Dairy goats Raw FB seed 0.030 0.862
Zagorakis et al. (2015) Rams Raw FB seed 0.020 0.771 0.880
Cherif et al. (2018) Cows Raw FB seed 0.711 0.794
Rolled FB seed 0.516 0.532

Abbreviations: CP, crude protein; DM, dry matter.