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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