Item | Yellow corn | Soybean meal | Sesame meal | Berseem hay | Wheat bran |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Moisture | 9.36 | 7.03 | 9.83 | 9.90 | 9.52 |
Chemical analysis (%) on DM basis | |||||
 Organic matter (OM) | 98.31 | 95.79 | 91.79 | 91.00 | 88.02 |
 Crude protein (CP) | 9.05 | 44.00 | 36.12 | 15.50 | 13.91 |
 Crude fiber (CF) | 4.23 | 4.86 | 3.28 | 26.15 | 10.36 |
 Ether extract (EE) | 4.21 | 0.65 | 5.43 | 2.95 | 2.66 |
 Nitrogen-free extract (NFE) | 80.82 | 46.28 | 46.96 | 46.40 | 61.09 |
 Ash | 1.69 | 4.21 | 8.21 | 9.00 | 11.98 |
Cell wall constituents | |||||
 Neutral detergent fiber (NDF) | 35.11 | 34.72 | 39.35 | 51.33 | 44.21 |
  Acid detergent fiber (ADF) | 20.34 | 24.18 | 25.41 | 30.16 | 31.88 |
Acid detergent lignin (ADL) | 2.20 | 3.36 | 3.82 | 4.92 | 3.65 |
 Hemicellulose | 14.77 | 10.54 | 13.94 | 21.17 | 12.33 |
 Cellulose | 18.14 | 20.82 | 21.59 | 25.24 | 28.23 |
 Non-fibrous carbohydrates (NFC) | 49.94 | 16.42 | 10.89 | 21.22 | 27.24 |
 Gross energy (kcal/kg DM) | 4437 | 4669 | 4636 | 4164 | 4001 |
  Digestible energy (kcal/kg DM) | 3372 | 3548 | 3523 | 3165 | 3041 |