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Starch (min.) 70
% 80% 70 % 68-70%
Fibre
(max.) 3% 1% 3-5% 3-5%
Ash
(max.) 3% 1% 3% 3%
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Source: Buitrago et al.(2002).
Table
2. Specifications of cassava
chips for export to European Community
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Moisture (max.) 10-14%
Starch (min.) 70-82%
Total ash (max.) 1.8-3.0%
Crude
Fibre (max) 2.1-5.0%
Sand and other extraneous
matter (max.) 3%
Cyanide (max.) 100
mg /kg
Dimensions (max. in cm) Length
4-5cm, thickness 1.5cm
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Table
3.
Nutritional composition of a cassava
flour (82%) and soybean (18%) mixture.
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Nutrients Cassava flour (82%)+ Commercial maize
(Whole soybean 12%)
Fat 3.5 3.6
Fiber 3.9 2.8
Ash 3.6 2.1
Calcium 0.29 0.04
Average phosphorus 0.09 0.08
Methionine 0.12 0.18
Methionine+cystine 0.24 0.35
Threonine 0.28 0.29
Tryptophan 0.1 0.07
Arginine 0.51 0.40
Linolenic acid 1.7 2.1
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Table 4. An
example of a complete ration for broilers based on cassava products and
soybean.
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Ingredients % Starter Finisher
Roots Roots & foliage Roots Roots & foliage
Cassava foliage flour - 6.0 - 6.0
Soybean (toasted) 3.0 30.0 41.6 45.1
Soybean meal 18.7 16.4 5.2 -
Palm oil 2.9 4.5 - 0.3
DI-methionine 0.29 0.29 0.23 0.23
Dicalcium
phosphate 1.52 1.52 1.52 1.5
Calcium carbonate 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.32
Salt 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Vitamins/minerals 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Anticoccidal and
additives
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Source: Buitrago et al. 2002.
Table 5. Nutritional
composition of diets for broilers based on cassava and soybean.
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Ingredients Starter Finisher
Roots Roots and foliage Roots Roots and foliage
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Metabolizable energy, mcal/kg 3.22 3.22 3.18 3.18
Protein, % 22.00 22.00 20.00 20.00
Methionine, % 0.59 0.59 0.49 0.49
Methionine +cystine 0.90 0.90 0.78 0.78
Lysine, % 1.26 1.26 1.12 1.12
Linolenic acid, % 3.41 3.56 3.60 3.85
Calcium, % 0.91 0.91 0.96 0.90
Average phosphorus,
% 0.42 0.42 0.40 0.40
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Table 6.
Cassava feed supplement for sheep fattening and catfish.
|
Ingredients |
Cassava feed for
sheep fattening |
Cassava-based
feeds for fish (catfish) – pellets |
|
Cassava peels |
15 |
|
|
Cassava flour |
|
12 |
|
Cassava leaves |
5 |
3 |
|
Corn offal |
20 |
|
|
Palm oil |
|
2 |
|
Soybean meal |
|
20 |
|
Fish meal (65%) |
|
20 |
|
Palm kernel cake |
30 |
|
|
Groundnut cake |
3 |
14.5 |
|
Poultry droppings |
25 |
|
|
Bone meal |
1 |
1 |
|
Blood meal |
|
25 |
|
Oyster shell |
|
1 |
|
Vitamin C |
|
1 |
|
Bicalcium
phosphate |
|
0.4 |
|
Salt |
1 |
0.5 |
|
Premix |
0.25 |
0.5 |
|
Methionine |
0.10 |
|
|
|
|
|
Source: Tewe (2003).