Nutritive values of the most commonly used feeds in Ethiopia
% of DM Mcal/ kg DM % of DM Source
DM (%) IVDMD (%)
Feed name OM CP NDF ADF ADL ME NE m NE g NE l Ca P
Concentrate feeds and
agro-industrial byproducts
Barley grain 89.58 97.40 9.39 40.36 13.96 2.51 1.61 1.00 1.57 0.12 0.40 ILRI lab analysis
Brewer’s dried yeast 90.10 92.42 57.69 0.88 1.12 0.20 ILRI lab analysis
Brewers spent grain 90.65 27.63 ILRI lab analysis
Maize grain 91.50 98.26 9.48 32.71 4.59 0.81 2.05 0.31 ILRI lab analysis
Molasses 82.34 73.20 3.87 1.81 ILRI lab analysis
Sorghum grain 90.80 10.30 28.03 10.83 Literature data
Crop residues
Barley straw 91.86 92.46 3.36 73.90 48.28 6.16 53.50 2.00 1.14 0.58 1.21 0.40 0.13 ILRI lab analysis
Bean straw 95.86 92.11 7.62 57.18 44.59 8.29 54.13 1.99 1.14 0.58 1.20 ILRI lab analysis
Chickpea straw 92.80 4.40 54.90 41.10 10.27 Literature data
Faba bean straw 94.40 59.23 46.81 13.24 58.84 Literature data
Field pea straw 87.39 93.93 4.63 ILRI lab analysis
Finger millet stover 89.73 89.89 4.12 69.54 3.99 55.46 1.97 1.12 0.56 1.19 0.60 0.32 ILRI lab analysis
Groundnut haulm (stem) 91.33 86.16 10.03 43.85 58.25 63.96 2.15 1.29 0.71 1.32 ILRI lab analysis
Lentil straw 91.69 92.04 7.95 62.35 44.08 9.28 54.99 2.03 1.18 0.62 1.24 0.73 0.21 ILRI lab analysis
Linseed straw 92.51 93.25 5.16 64.63 52.64 13.95 48.83 1.82 0.98 0.43 1.09 ILRI lab analysis
Maize stover 93.70 92.40 2.84 70.05 34.69 3.98 0.04 ILRI lab analysis
Oat straw 91.81 91.35 3.22 51.07 6.07 0.13 ILRI lab analysis
Teff straw 91.72 92.23 4.18 76.44 44.68 5.44 53.17 1.94 1.09 0.53 1.17 298.53 0.16 ILRI lab analysis
Wheat straw 92.23 91.40 4.39 74.39 49.56 6.96 53.61 2.01 1.16 0.60 1.22 0.30 0.11 ILRI lab analysis
Forages - fresh and
conserved
Alfalfa hay 88.06 89.43 19.06 51.71 42.07 8.68 ILRI lab analysis
Cowpea hay 90.90 84.45 21.67 37.65 73.31 2.37 1.49 0.90 1.48 ILRI lab analysis
Lablab hay 90.95 94.33 15.62 47.60 39.69 7.65 1.57 0.47 ILRI lab analysis
Oat hay 91.75 90.17 5.21 63.78 ILRI lab analysis
Pigeon pea straw 94.44 16.30 54.64 40.52 14.39 53.46 1.91 1.06 0.51 1.15 ILRI lab analysis
Rhodes grass hay 91.46 88.01 7.13 70.24 39.49 5.04 60.61 2.05 1.20 0.63 1.25 0.47 0.34 ILRI lab analysis
Hulls and Screenings
Coffee hulls 90.10 9.60 46.40 40.10 12.30 Literature data
Cottonseed hulls 88.48 96.88 4.56 84.06 0.14 0.12 ILRI lab analysis
Faba bean hull 89.70 96.50 9.20 69.00 59.50 0.93 0.13 Literature data
Field pea hull 89.02 95.27 0.87 0.18 ILRI lab analysis
Lentils hulls 87.85 93.41 0.82 0.34 ILRI lab analysis
Wheat bran 89.66 91.52 16.79 46.61 15.38 3.26 0.14 1.07 ILRI lab analysis
Wheat hulls 93.30 4.60 84.40 35.00 Literature data
Wheat middlings 89.70 94.87 16.26 42.82 23.46 4.47 61.28 2.25 1.37 0.79 1.39 0.14 0.94 ILRI lab analysis
Wheat screenings 88.39 96.16 15.35 0.18 0.45 ILRI lab analysis
Wheat shorts 88.54 95.08 15.25 49.49 0.15 0.85 ILRI lab analysis R Systemw
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Limestone 95.85 20.43 0.44 64.89 59.11 11.91 9.72 0.02 ILRI lab analysis
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Cottonseed cake 91.96 92.23 41.06 38.46 20.72 6.32 70.39 2.52 1.62 1.02 1.58 435.15 1.51 ILRI lab analysis
Groundnut cake 92.74 95.00 55.48 16.41 8.67 1.68 80.88 2.99 2.02 1.36 1.91 0.14 0.61 ILRI lab analysis
Linseed cake
Noug cake
91.52
92.27
93.29
89.86
29.62
31.36
31.23
37.61
19.24
31.55
7.30
12.38
70.29
61.32
2.56
2.14
1.66
1.29
1.05
0.71
1.61
1.32
0.51
87.49
0.84
1.14
ILRI lab analysis
ILRI lab analysis
ILRI
International Livestock Research Institute
Rapeseed cake 90.86 91.14 35.80 25.77 20.05 8.13 72.33 2.58 1.68 1.07 1.63 0.73 1.19 ILRI lab analysis
Sesame cake 91.50 88.53 23.64 34.41 29.86 5.23 79.29 2.56 1.66 1.05 1.61 1.31 0.77 ILRI lab analysis
Sunflower cake 91.59 93.96 25.87 35.54 30.96 9.69 58.86 2.18 1.32 0.74 1.34 0.63 1.02 ILRI lab analysis
Other by products
Banana leaves 92.60 14.70 60.00 37.70 10.34 Literature data
Banana peelings 93.27 75.96 0.54 ILRI lab analysis
Cabbage waste 14.00 88.00 14.40 27.20 22.90 80.40 1.61 0.34 Literature data
Cassava tuber 85.03 96.45 3.38 16.96 8.76 2.26 ILRI lab analysis
Coffee leaves 90.44 12.50 50.82 46.08 21.01 57.03 Literature data
Enset leaves 12.41 84.78 17.50 59.59 30.28 3.93 60.26 Literature data
Orange peel 28.10 94.60 5.80 19.90 19.30 82.60 1.54 0.06 Literature data
Poultry litter 90.75 83.05 17.78 55.91 32.85 7.23 56.58 1.95 1.10 0.54 1.18 2.10 1.80 ILRI lab analysis
Sugarcane toppings 92.70 86.32 10.13 66.40 39.82 5.44 0.44 0.20 ILRI lab analysis For further information:
http://www.vslp.org/ssafeed
Sweet potato tubers 49.01 96.51 3.88 59.90 6.73 1.35 82.17 0.22 0.09 Literature data
CGIAR Systemwide Livestock Programme
Sweet potato vines 90.34 86.83 15.88 43.09 33.78 13.93 90.43 2.93 1.98 1.33 1.87 1.23 0.22 ILRI lab analysis Dr. Alan Duncan, Livestock Scientist
email:a.duncan@cgiar.org
Tella atela 52.75 98.00 21.40 56.75 25.10 11.00 65.10 0.63 0.25 Literature data