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Nutritional Value of Various Goat Feeds
Nutritional Value of Various Goat Feeds
Feedstuff Total CP, % DM
Crude Protein- %Dry Matter
UIP, % of total CP
Undegradable Intake Protein-% of Crude Protein
TDN, % DM
Total Digestible Nutrients- % Dry Matter
Alfalfa cubes 18 3057
Alfalfa, dehydrated,17% CP 19 6061
Alfalfa, fresh 18 1861
Alfalfa hay, early bloom 19 1659
Alfalfa hay, midbloom 17 1858
Alfalfa hay, full bloom 16 2054
Alfalfa hay, mature 13 3050
Alfalfa silage 18 1655
Alfalfa silage, wilted 22 2258
Alfalfa leaf meal 28 1569
Alfalfa stems 11 4447
Ammonium chloride 163 057
Ammonium sulfate 132 00
Bahiagrass hay 8 3751
Bakery product, dried 12 3090
Barley silage 12 2059
Barley silage, mature 12 2558
Barley straw 4 7043
Barley grain 12 2884
Barley grain, steam rolled 12 4084
Beet pulp, wet 9 3576
Beet pulp, dried 7 4475
Beet pulp, wet, with molasses 10 2577
Beet pulp, dried, with molasses 10 3476
Bermudagrass, Coastal, dehydrated 16 4062
Bermudagrass hay, Coastal 10 2056
Bermudagrass hay 10 1853
Bermudagrass silage 10 1550
Birdsfoot trefoil, fresh 21 2066
Birdsfoot trefoil hay 16 2257
Blood meal 92 8066
Bluegrass, Kentucky, fresh, early bloom 15 2069
Brewers grains, wet 28 5285
Brewers grains, dried 28 5884
Bromegrass, fresh, immature 15 2264
Bromegrass hay 10 3055
Bromegrass haylage 11 2657
Canarygrass hay 9 2653
Canola meal, solvent 40 3071
Citrus pulp, dried 7 3879
Clover, ladino, fresh 25 2069
Clover hay, ladino 21 2561
Clover, red, fresh 18 2164
Clover hay, red 15 2655
Clover hay, sweet 16 3053
Corn, whole plant, pelleted 9 4563
Corn fodder 9 4567
Corn stover, mature (stalks) 5 3059
Corn silage, milk stage 8 1865
Corn silage, mature, well eared 8 2672
Corn grain, whole 9 5887
Corn grain, rolled 9 5287
Corn grain, flaked 9 5793
Corn grain, high moisture 10 3893
Corn and cob meal 9 5282
Corn cobs 3 5048
Corn screenings 10 5291
Corn gluten feed 23 2581
Corn gluten meal, 41% CP 46 6085
Corn gluten meal, 60% CP 67 6289
Cottonoseed, whole 22 3895
Cottonseed, whole, delinted 23 3995
Cottonseed hulls 4 4545
Cottonseed meal, mechanical, 41% CP 45 5180
Cottonseed meal, solvent, 41% CP 48 4077
Diammonium phosphate 115 00
Distillers grain, wet 28 5590
Distillers grain, barley 30 5677
Distillers grain, corn, dry 28 6290
Distillers grain, corn, wet 29 5590
Distillers grain, corn with solubles 29 5390
Distillers corn stillage 22 5592
Distillers grain, sorghum, dry 32 6285
Distillers grain, sorghum, wet 32 5585
Distillers grain, sorghum with solubles 31 5385
Distillers dried solubles 29 088
Fat, animal, poultry, vegetable 0 0205
Feather meal, hydrolyzed 86 7569
Fescue, Kentucky 31, fresh 15 2064
Fescue hay, Kentucky 31, early bloom 18 2265
Fescue hay, Kentucky 31, mature 11 3052
Fish meal 66 6074
Grass hay 10 3058
Grass silage 11 2461
Hominy feed 11 4889
Lespedeza, fresh, early bloom 16 5060
Lespedeza hay 14 6054
Linseed meal, solvent 39 3876
Meadow hay 7 2350
Meat and bone meal, porcine/poultry 56 2472
Molasses, beet 9 075
Molasses, cane 5 075
Molasses, cane, dried 10 074
Molasses, citrus 10 077
Molasses, wood, hemicellulose 1 076
Monoammonium phosphate 70 00
Oat hay 10 2554
Oat silage 12 2160
Oat straw 4 4048
Oat grain 13 1976
Oat groats 18 1591
Oat middlings 17 2090
Oat hulls 4 2540
Orchardgrass, fresh, early bloom 14 2365
Orchardgrass hay 10 2759
Peas, cull 25 2286
Peanut meal, solvent 50 2877
Potatoes, cull 10 080
Potato waste, wet 7 082
Potato waste, dry 8 085
Potato waste, wet with lime 5 080
Potato waste, filter cake 5 077
Poultry byproduct meal 62 4979
Poultry litter, dried 25 064
Poultry manure, dried 28 2238
Prairie hay 7 3750
Rice grain 8 3079
Rice bran 14 3068
Rice hulls 3 4513
Rye grass hay 10 4058
Rye grass silage 14 2559
Rye grain 12 2182
Sanfoin hay 14 6061
Sorghum silage 9 3059
Sorghum grain (milo), ground 11 5782
Sorghum grain (milo), flaked 11 6291
Soybeans, whole 40 2893
Soybeans, whole, extruded 40 3593
Soybeans, whole, roasted 40 4893
Soybean hulls 12 2877
Soybean meal, solvent, 44% CP 49 3284
Soybean meal, solvent, 49% CP 54 3287
Spelt grain 13 2775
Sudangrass hay 9 3057
Sudangrass silage 10 2858
Sunflower seed, meal, solvent 38 2765
Sunflower seed, meal with hulls 31 3557
Sunflower seed hulls 4 6540
Timothy, fresh, pre-bloom 11 2064
Timothy hay, early bloom 11 2259
Timothy hay, full bloom 8 3057
Timothy silage 10 2559
Triticale grain 14 2585
Turnip roots 12 086
Urea, 46% N 288 00
Vetch hay 18 1458
Wheat, fresh, pasture 20 1671
Wheat hay 9 2557
Wheat silage 12 2159
Wheat straw 3 6042
Wheat straw, ammoniated 9 2550
Wheat grain 14 2388
Wheat grain, hard 14 2888
Wheat grain, soft 12 2388
Wheat grain, flaked 14 2989
Wheat grain, sprouted 12 1888
Wheat bran 17 2770
Wheat middlings 19 2282
Wheat mill run 17 2875
Wheat shorts 20 2580
Wheatgrass, crested, fresh, early bloom 11 2560
Wheatgrass, crested, fresh, full bloom 10 3355
Wheat grass, crested, hay 10 3354
Whey, dried 14 1582

Legend of Abbreviations:

ADF = Acid Detergent Fibre
ADF-CP (ADF-N, ADICP, ADIN)= Acid Detergent Insoluble Nitrogen
AP = Available Protein
Ca = Calcium
Cl = Chloride
CP = Crude Protein
Cu = Copper
DM = Dry Matter
DP (DIP) = Digestible Protein
Fe = Iron
HDP = Heat Damaged Protein
K = Potassium
Mg = Magnesium
Mn = Manganese
Na = Sodium
NDF = Neutral Detergent Fibre
NEG = Net Energy (growth)
NEM = Net Energy (maintenance)
NEL = Net Energy (lactation)
NIR = Near Infrared Reflectance Analysis
NSC = Non-structural Carbohydrates
P = Phosphorus
RFV = Relative Feed Value
S = Sulphur
Se = Selenium
SP (SIP) = Soluble Protein
TDN =Total Digestible Nutrients
UIP = Undegradable Intake Protein
Zn = Zinc