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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
2: AVERAGES
FOR AERIAL
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
|
|
MINIMUM |
AVERAGE |
MAXIMUM |
n |
| DM% |
80.44 |
91.36 |
94.11 |
11 |
| ASH% |
5.75 |
11.71 |
20.01 |
10 |
| ADF% |
36.01 |
43.74 |
54.70 |
9 |
| NDF% |
65.30 |
72.07 |
79.71 |
10 |
| LIG% |
4.02 |
5.90 |
8.70 |
9 |
| N% |
0.40 |
1.03 |
1.69 |
10 |
| CEL% |
31.99 |
37.77 |
46.87 |
9 |
| HEMICEL% |
21.20 |
27.79 |
32.95 |
9 |
| CP% |
2.50 |
6.42 |
10.56 |
10 |
| CM% |
79.99 |
88.30 |
94.25 |
10 |
NUTRITIVE VALUE
|
|
MINIMUM |
AVERAGE |
MAXIMUM |
n |
| IUDMD% |
30.33 |
48.71 |
63.54 |
6 |
| DOMD% |
22.91 |
44.54 |
59.46 |
6 |
| ME(MJ/K) |
3.20 |
6.22 |
8.80 |
6 |
| n:
number of locations mainly in East Africa where
the research data was collected from |
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