Research Summaries: Peas in Livestock Diets

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SECTION 1:
COMPOSITION OF PEAS

I. Nutrient Composition of Peas

Table 1 Nutrient Composition of Peas
90% DM1100%DM2 90% DM1 100%DM2
Nutrient
Moisture %1012.2Lysine % 1.67
CP % 22.6 23.9 Methionine % 0.27
TDN % 78.3Cystine % 0.21
DE - Cattle mcal/kg 3.456 Tryptophan % 0.24
ME - Cattle mcal/kg 3.078 Threonine % 0.94
NEg- Cattle mcal/kg 1.323 1.24 Arginine % 1.4
NEm- Cattle mcal/kg 1.818 1.94 Valine % 1.3
NEl - Cattle mcal/kg 1.809 1.86 Leucine % 1.8
DE - Swine kcal/kg 3500 3560 Isoluecine % 1.1
ME - Swine kcal/kg 3240 Iron mg/kg 65 79
NE- Swine kcal/kg 2450 Mn mg/kg 22.9 15
ME- Poultry kcal/kg 2650 Zn mg/kg 23 43
DM % 90 Mg % 0.12 0.14
Ca % 0.11 0.13 K % 1.01 1.09
P % 0.41 0.44 Na % 0.04 0.01
Avail P % 0.15 23.9 Se mg/kg 0.38 0.40
Crude fibre % 5.5 5.8 Cu mg/kg 9.1 9
Starch % 46 Vit E mg/kg 3
ADF % 8.19 10.3 Biotin mg/kg 0.18
NDF % 17.65 18.0 Choline mg/kg 547
Lignin % 0.85 Vit B1-Thiamine mg/kg 4.6
Rumen BPP % 22 Vit B2-Riboflavin mg/kg 1.8
Crude fat % 1.3 1.4 Vit B5-Pantothenic Acid mg/kg 18.7
Linoleic acid % 0.5 Bulk density kg/m3 (whole) 720-800
1Feed Pea Industry Guide 2nd edition
2Mean of 1100 pea samples over 4 years Norwest Labs Lethbridge, AB, Canada 2004
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