Standardization of methods for the determination of ileal amino acid digestibilities in growing pigs.

Publication Type
Journal contribution
Authors
Mosenthin, R., A.J.M. Jansman, M. Eklund
Year of publication
2007
Published in
Livestock Science
Band/Volume
109/
Page (from - to)
276-281
Keywords
amino acid, apparent ileal digestibility, method of determination
Abstract

Based on current recommendations of the CVB (1996) in the Netherlands and the GfE (2002, 2005) in Germany, a standardization of methods for the determination of ileal amino acid digestibilities in growing pigs is proposed. Differences and similarities between these protocols in terms of (i) animals, housing and feeding conditions (ii), methods for digesta collection and handling, and (iii) approaches to determine ileal amino acid digestibilities are described.

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