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.

 Cyanogenic glycosides

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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