Sea Buckthorn Residue Nutrient Profiles for Livestock Feed Formulation

A dataset from figshare by Dunja Malenica, last updated March 2026, assessing the nutritional composition of sea buckthorn by-products for animal feed. It includes proximate composition, amino acids, fatty acids, minerals, vitamins, and metabolizable energy values for three residue types. The data is compared to livestock daily requirements at a 2.5% dry matter inclusion rate.

Use Cases

• Formulating balanced livestock rations based on metabolizable energy values (e.g., 13.7–17 MJ/kg DM for SBPW).
• Identifying mineral supplements for animal diets based on elevated Fe, Ca, Mg, and Mn concentrations in sea buckthorn leaves.
• Evaluating protein source potential based on amino acid profiles, such as arginine (31.4 g/kg DM) and lysine levels.
• Assessing fatty acid composition for specific livestock requirements, such as linoleic acid levels for poultry.
• Incorporating antioxidant-rich ingredients into feeds for gestating animals based on vitamin E (720 mg/kg DM) and β-carotene content.

Strengths

• Includes specific nutrient measurements like metabolizable energy (8.1–17 MJ/kg DM) and amino acid concentrations (e.g., methionine at 0.9 g/kg DM).
• Compares three distinct by-product types: pomace without seeds, pomace with seeds, and leaves.
• Data is contextualized against daily livestock nutrient requirements for practical application.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small (734.2 KB), indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

Dunja Malenica via figshare.

Collection Method

Likely contains laboratory analysis results from a study evaluating sea buckthorn by-products.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 07:35:35; freshness should be verified.