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Sunflower seeds

Essential Nutritional Indicators (Avg)

92.8

Dry matter

% as fed
16

Crude protein

% DM
20.5

ADF

% DM
31

NDF

% DM

Minerals

3.4

Ash

% DM
2.7

Calcium

g/kg DM
5.7

Phosphorus

g/kg DM

Sunflower seeds

Average nutritional values

Dry matter
92.8 %
Crude protein
16 %
Crude fibre
17.1 %
NDF
31 %
ADF
20.5 %
Lignin
6.4 %
Ether extract
48 %
Ash
3.4 %
Insoluble ash
0.04 %
Gross energy
28.7 %
Starch (enzymatic)
0.4 %
Starch (polarimetry)
1.3 %
Total sugars
2.7 %
Calcium
2.7 %
Phosphorus
5.7 %
Potassium
8.4 %
Sodium
0.07 %
Chlorine
0.7 %
Magnesium
2.9 %
Sulfur
2.1 %
Manganese
18 %
Zinc
52 %
Copper
17 %
Iron
64 %
Selenium
0.09 %
Alanine
4.4 %
Arginine
7.2 %
Aspartic acid
8 %
Cystine
1.8 %
Glutamic acid
16.6 %
Glycine
5.7 %
Histidine
2.5 %
Isoleucine
3.9 %
Leucine
5.9 %
Lysine
4.1 %
Methionine
2.3 %
Methionine+cystine
4 %
Phenylalanine
4.3 %
Phenylalanine+tyrosine
6.8 %
Proline
4.1 %
Serine
4.3 %
Threonine
3.8 %
Tryptophan
1.4 %
Tyrosine
2.5 %
Valine
4.6 %
OM digestibility, ruminants
71.8 %
Energy digestibility, ruminants
76.5 %
ME ruminants
17.8 %
Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants
67.4 %
Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=6%)
89 %
Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=4%)
89 %
DM degradability (effective, k=6%)
70 %
DM degradability (effective, k=4%)
72 %
a (DM)
60 %
a (N)
77 %
b (DM)
18 %
b (N)
13 %
c (DM)
0.075 %
c (N)
0.605 %
Energy digestibility, growing pig
70.6 %
DE growing pig
20.2 %
MEn growing pig
19.7 %
NE growing pig
16.5 %
Nitrogen digestibility, growing pig
78.8 %
DE rabbit
22.9 %
MEn rabbit
22.2 %
Energy digestibility, rabbit
79.8 %
Nitrogen digestibility, rabbit
73.3 %
Myristic acid C14:0
0.08 %
Palmitic acid C16:0
6.4 %
Palmitoleic acid C16:1
0.2 %
Stearic acid C18:0
4.3 %
Oleic acid C18:1
20.2 %
Linoleic acid C18:2
65.2 %
Linolenic acid C18:3
0.3 %
AMEn cockerel
19.7 %
AMEn broiler
18.5 %