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APPENDIX
ANALYSIS:
BOMA AND ELMBA RHODES (CHLORIS GAYANA) CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
AND NUTRITIVE VALUE ANALYSIS OF RHODES GRASSES, OF
WHICH BOMA RHODES AND ELMBA RHODES FALL:
THIS DATA
WAS MAINLY COLLECTED FROM LOCATIONS AROUND EAST AFRICAN
REGION.
Table
1: Raw Data for Aerial
RHODES
GRASS: DATA
AERIAL
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
|
DM% |
ASH% |
ADF% |
NDF% |
LIG% |
N% |
CEL% |
HEMICEL% |
CP% |
CM% |
|
80.44 |
5.75 |
36.01 |
65.30 |
4.02 |
0.40 |
31.99 |
21.20 |
2.50 |
79.99 |
|
90.83 |
7.84 |
38.72 |
65.64 |
4.42 |
0.78 |
33.93 |
22.23 |
4.88 |
33.89 |
|
90.88 |
9.25 |
38.85 |
70.10 |
4.58 |
0.79 |
34.43 |
23.73 |
4.94 |
85.56 |
|
91.12 |
10.00 |
41.87 |
70.48 |
4.79 |
0.84 |
36.40 |
28.61 |
5.25 |
88.04 |
|
91.46 |
10.85 |
42.18 |
70.66 |
5.73 |
1.03 |
37.60 |
29.38 |
6.42 |
89.15 |
|
91.51 |
10.85 |
46.84 |
71.80 |
6.04 |
1.07 |
38.14 |
29.63 |
6.69 |
89.15 |
|
93.37 |
11.96 |
46.93 |
73.21 |
6.95 |
1.08 |
39.70 |
31.03 |
6.73 |
90.01 |
|
93.54 |
14.44 |
47.53 |
76.91 |
7.83 |
1.13 |
40.89 |
31.38 |
7.04 |
90.75 |
|
93.63 |
16.11 |
54.70 |
76.93 |
8.70 |
1.46 |
46.87 |
32.95 |
9.15 |
92.16 |
|
94.07 |
20.01 |
|
79.71 |
|
1.69 |
|
|
10.56 |
94.25 |
|
94.11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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AVERAGE
91.36
11.71 43.74
72.07 5.90 1.03
37.77 27.79
6.42 83.30
NUTRITIVE VALUE
| IUDMD% |
DOMD% |
ME(MJK)% |
| 30.33 |
22.91 |
3.20 |
| 37.19 |
34.43 |
3.90 |
| 48.71 |
45.37 |
6.30 |
| 51.73 |
48.24 |
6.80 |
| 60.76 |
56.82 |
8.30 |
| 63.54 |
59.46 |
8.80 |
| 48.71 |
44.54 |
6.22 |
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