DIGESTIBILITY (Coefficient of)

A measure of the proportion of a feed that is digestible. The digestibility of a nutrient is often measured as the difference between the amount of nutrient ingested minus the amount of nutrient excreted in the feces, expressed as a percentage of the nutrient ingested: 100 x (intake - excreted)/intake.


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OwnerAntonio A.GroupDS 414 Ruminant Nutrition
Created2015-09-13 12:12:20Updated2020-08-30 15:31:31
SitesDS 414 Ruminant Nutrition, DS 825 Ruminant Nutrition Physiology
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