| Feed | Number of feed units per kg of feed | Kilogrammes, of feed to equal1 feed unit | Grammes of digestible protein per kg of feed | 
| Green fodder | |||
| Pasture grass | 0.15 | 6.5 | 16 | 
| Maize stems and leaves | 0.2 | 4 | 6 | 
| Pueraria (grass) | 0.3 | 3.5 | 41 | 
| Green sorghum | 0.15 | 6.5 | 12 | 
| Green millet | 0.1 | 10 | 7 | 
| Cassava leaves | 0.2 | 5 | 63 | 
| Hay | |||
| Very good prairie hay | 0.6 | 1.5 | 60 | 
| Average prairie hay | 0.35 | 3 | 23 | 
| Groundnut leaves without shells | 0.4 | 2.5 | 35 | 
| Pueraria (hay) | 0.5 | 2 | 87 | 
| Silage | |||
| Pasture grass | 0.15 | 6.5 | 14 | 
| Maize | 0.15 | 6.5 | 8 | 
| Sorghum | 0.1 5 | 6.5 | 18 | 
| Oil cake | |||
| Groundnuts | 1.2 | 0.8 | 400 | 
| Copra | 1 | 1 | 167 | 
| Cottonseed | 0.6 | 1.5 | 181 | 
| Palm kernel | 1 | 1 | 145 | 
| Grains | |||
| Maize | 1 | 1 | 68 | 
| Paddy | 1 | 1 | 40 | 
| Roots and tubers | |||
| Cassava | 0.3 | 3.5 | 7 | 
| Yams | 0.25 | 4 | 9 |