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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
4: AVERAGE FOR LEAF
CHEMICAL
COMPOSITION
|
|
MINIMUM |
AVERAGE |
MAXIMUM |
n |
| DM% |
90.39 |
91.46 |
93.06 |
6 |
| ASH% |
9.24 |
13.34 |
15.53 |
4 |
| ADF% |
30.41 |
33.29 |
37.01 |
3 |
| NDF% |
58.72 |
65.43 |
72.64 |
5 |
| LIG% |
3.07 |
3.61 |
3.89 |
3 |
| N% |
1.79 |
2.26 |
3.00 |
6 |
| CEL% |
27.34 |
29.68 |
33.12 |
3 |
| HEMICEL% |
28.31 |
30.32 |
33.29 |
3 |
| CP% |
11.19 |
14.10 |
18.74 |
6 |
| CM% |
84 |
86.67 |
90.76 |
4 |
NUTRITIVE
VALUE
|
|
MINIMUM |
AVERAGE |
MAXIMUM |
n |
| IUDMD% |
50.19 |
59.24 |
70.28 |
3 |
| DOMD% |
46.78 |
55.37 |
65.86 |
3 |
| ME(MJ/K) |
6.50 |
8.03 |
9.90 |
3 |
| n:
number of locations mainly in East Africa where
the research data was collected from |
AVERAGE
59.24
55.37 8.03 |
