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Table 1 Chemical composition of various hemp and hemp byproducts

From: Use of industrial hemp byproducts in ruminants: a review of the nutritional profile, animal response, constraints, and global regulatory environment

Items

Hemp and/or hemp byproducta

SBMb

Alfalfac

Whole plant

Leaves

Flower

HS

DHS

HSB

SHB

HOR

HH

Chemical composition (% ± SD d )

 CP

13.4 ± 5.1

13.0

19.8 ± 5.5

28.0 ± 7.0

27.0 ± 3.6

37.1 ± 9.6

20.2 ± 2.1

44.2

10.3

47.0

20.8

 EE

2.40 ± 0.42

8.9

10.5 ± 6.5

28.5 ± 7.7

52.1 ± 1.7

9.9 ± 2.1

4.3 ± 2.3

2.16

-

9.50

1.60

 NDF

53.6 ± 15.7

44.7

37.8 ± 12.8

40.5 ± 8.8

4.9 ± 1.5

39.7 ± 10.8

40.1 ± 9.7

20.1

64.9

13.6

36.9

 ADF

39.3 ± 13.2

20.8

23.3 ± 4.5

47.0

-

29.5 ± 7.7

29.6 ± 7.2

9.0

-

8.0

30.8

 ADL

-

-

-

11.6 ± 3.5

-

13.2 ± 1.2

12.2 ± 0.5

2.91

-

  

 Ash

11.4 ± 2.9

21.2

19.4 ± 5.9

6.1 ± 1.3

6.4

7.8 ± 2.2

17.7 ± 2.6

12.8

3.90

5.0

10.0

 NFC

2.50

15.3

13.3 ± 9.8

16.8

-

11.8 ± 11.8

21.4 ± 11.8

1.32

-

  

 ME

-

-

-

1.73

-

2.50 ± 0.39

1.91 ± 0.42

3.53

-

3.58

2.39

 NEL

0.81

-

1.41

-

-

1.71 ± 0.03

1.30 ± 0.25

-

-

2.40

1.36

Minerals (% ± SD)

 Ca

1.40

4.30

2.95 ± 0.65

0.30 ± 0.36

0.08 ± 0.01

0.24 ± 0.06

3.45 ± 0.57

0.26

-

0.37

1.87

 P

0.30

0.40

0.75 ± 0.35

0.83 ± 0.11

1.11 ± 0.06

1.63 ± 0.62

0.78 ± 0.10

2.08

-

0.69

0.34

 K

1.10

3.30

2.15 ± 0.25

0.57 ± 0.13

0.92 ± 0.10

1.58 ± 0.39

2.24 ± 0.05

-

-

2.24

3.15

 Mg

0.20

0.50

0.45 ± 0.05

0.38 ± 0.02

0.70 ± 0.16

0.81 ± 0.23

0.57 ± 0.05

-

-

0.29

0.42

  1. aHS hemp seed, DHS dehulled hemp seed, HSB hemp seed byproducts, SHB spent hemp biomass, SBM soybean meal, HOR hemp oil residue, HH hemp Hurd, CP crude protein, EE ether extract, NDF neutral detergent fiber, ADF acid detergent fiber, ADL acid detergent lignin, NFC non-fibrous carbohydrates, ME metabolizable energy for dairy cows, NEL net energy for lactation (dairy cows). Values were obtained from primary studies reported in Table 1 and (Peiretti, 2009; House et al, 2010; Pojić et al, 2014; Galasso et al, 2016; Farinon et al, 2020; Alonso-Esteban et al, 2022; Song et al, 2022; Mohamed et al, 2023)
  2. bFeedtable.com
  3. cParker et al. (Parker et al. 2022)
  4. dIf available; values without SD indicate they were obtained from one study
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