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Feed |
Number of feed units per kg of feed |
Kilogrammes, of feed to equal1 feed unit |
Grammes of digestible protein per kg of feed |
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Green fodder | |||
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Pasture grass |
0.15 |
6.5 |
16 |
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Maize stems and leaves |
0.2 |
4 |
6 |
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Pueraria (grass) |
0.3 |
3.5 |
41 |
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Green sorghum |
0.15 |
6.5 |
12 |
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Green millet |
0.1 |
10 |
7 |
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Cassava leaves |
0.2 |
5 |
63 |
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Hay | |||
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Very good prairie hay |
0.6 |
1.5 |
60 |
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Average prairie hay |
0.35 |
3 |
23 |
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Groundnut leaves without shells |
0.4 |
2.5 |
35 |
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Pueraria (hay) |
0.5 |
2 |
87 |
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Silage | |||
|
Pasture grass |
0.15 |
6.5 |
14 |
|
Maize |
0.15 |
6.5 |
8 |
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Sorghum |
0.1 5 |
6.5 |
18 |
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Oil cake | |||
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Groundnuts |
1.2 |
0.8 |
400 |
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Copra |
1 |
1 |
167 |
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Cottonseed |
0.6 |
1.5 |
181 |
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Palm kernel |
1 |
1 |
145 |
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Grains | |||
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Maize |
1 |
1 |
68 |
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Paddy |
1 |
1 |
40 |
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Roots and tubers | |||
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Cassava |
0.3 |
3.5 |
7 |
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Yams |
0.25 |
4 |
9 |
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