Sorghum
Sorghum have quite high energetic value because of high content of starch. It is less tasteful that is why is fed with another cereals together. With respect to limited sources is sorghum usually used for feed mixture for birds producing. There are red, black, brown, white and bicolor varieties.
Antinutritive stuffs
Arable varieties have differently high amount of dhurrin. Extrem contents are found in germinated seeds although seeds are not cyanogenic. Health risk contents can be found in young plants, eventually in frostbitten ones.Nutrients
| Nutrient | Fresh matter |
Dry matter | |
| Dry matter | g | 885,00 | 1 000,00 |
| NEL | MJ | 6,58 | 7,44 |
| NEV | MJ | 6,58 | 7,43 |
| PDIN | g | 83,46 | 94,30 |
| PDIE | g | 114,52 | 129,40 |
| Crude protein | g | 107,26 | 121,20 |
| Crude fiber | g | 22,30 | 25,20 |
| Ca | g | 0,53 | 0,60 |
| P | g | 3,63 | 4,10 |
| Na | g | 0,27 | 0,30 |
| Zn | mg | 16,90 | 19,10 |
| Vit. A | tis.m.j. | 0,59 | 0,67 |
| Vit. E | tis.m.j. | 5,75 | 6,50 |
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