Research Article
Evaluation of Nutritional Quality of Dried Cashew Nut Testa Using Laboratory Rat as a Model for Pigs
Table 2
Chemical composition of dried cashew nut testa1.
| | Item | DCNT (g kg−1) | Maize (g kg−1) |
| | Dry matter | 905 | 890 | | Crude protein | 190 | 88.0 | | Crude fibre | 103 | 22.0 | | Ether extract | 20.1 | 38.0 | | Ash | 20.2 | 13.0 | | Calcium | 5.6 | 0.2 | | Phosphorus | 1.9 | 2.8 | | Potassium | 1.5 | 3.0 | | Magnesium | 5.8 | 1.2 | | Tannins | 1.8 | — | | Metabolizable energy (MJ kg−1)2 | 7.12 | 14.02 |
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1The values are the means of three samples.
2Estimated using the formula of NRC [16].
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