Table 1 Chemical composition, cell wall constituents and gross energy of the experimental protein sources
Item | Protein sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Soybean meal | Black cumin seed meal | Cotton seed meal | Sesame seed meal | |
(SBM) | (BCSM) | (CSM) | (SSM) | |
Moisture | 10.15 | 8.63 | 9.62 | 8.92 |
Components, % on DM basis | ||||
Organic matter (OM) | 92.55 | 92.47 | 94.49 | 91.86 |
Crude protein (CP) | 44.5 | 30.09 | 26.24 | 30.66 |
Crude fiber (CF) | 7.33 | 10.21 | 29.92 | 9.6 |
Ether extract (EE) | 5.01 | 21.08 | 8.39 | 15.9 |
Nitrogen free extract (NFE) | 35.71 | 31.09 | 29.94 | 35.7 |
Ash | 7.45 | 7.53 | 5.51 | 8.14 |
Cell wall constituents, % on DM basis | ||||
Neutral detergent fiber (NDF) | 33.74 | 35.63 | 48.58 | 35.23 |
Acid detergent fiber (ADF) | 16.12 | 18.74 | 36.72 | 18.19 |
*Gross energy, kcal/kg DM | 4771 | 5396 | 4756 | 5107 |