Table 1 Chemical composition of commercial feed and raw bentonite in central eastern desert, Egypt.
Chemical analysis of commercial feed | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Composition | Dry Matter | Crude Protein | Ether extract | Fibers | NFE | Ash | Gross energy (kcal/100gm) | N:C ratio (mg CP: Kcal) | |||
% | 92 | 46 | 16 | 3.03 | 19.99 | 14.98 | 492.64 | 93.37 | |||
Chemical composition of raw bentonite* | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chemical compound | SiO2 | Al2O3 | MgO | Fe2O3 | Na2O | K2O | CaO | TiO2 | P2O5 | MnO | LOI |
% in raw bentonite | 54.53 | 17.25 | 3.16 | 4.67 | 1.87 | 0.75 | 1.14 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 16.52 |
