Feed |
Number of feed units per kg of feed |
Kilogrammes, of feed to equal1 feed unit |
Grammes of digestible protein per kg of feed |
Green fodder | |||
Pasture grass |
0.15 |
6.5 |
16 |
Maize stems and leaves |
0.2 |
4 |
6 |
Pueraria (grass) |
0.3 |
3.5 |
41 |
Green sorghum |
0.15 |
6.5 |
12 |
Green millet |
0.1 |
10 |
7 |
Cassava leaves |
0.2 |
5 |
63 |
Hay | |||
Very good prairie hay |
0.6 |
1.5 |
60 |
Average prairie hay |
0.35 |
3 |
23 |
Groundnut leaves without shells |
0.4 |
2.5 |
35 |
Pueraria (hay) |
0.5 |
2 |
87 |
Silage | |||
Pasture grass |
0.15 |
6.5 |
14 |
Maize |
0.15 |
6.5 |
8 |
Sorghum |
0.1 5 |
6.5 |
18 |
Oil cake | |||
Groundnuts |
1.2 |
0.8 |
400 |
Copra |
1 |
1 |
167 |
Cottonseed |
0.6 |
1.5 |
181 |
Palm kernel |
1 |
1 |
145 |
Grains | |||
Maize |
1 |
1 |
68 |
Paddy |
1 |
1 |
40 |
Roots and tubers | |||
Cassava |
0.3 |
3.5 |
7 |
Yams |
0.25 |
4 |
9 |