A comparison of the extent and site of energy and protein digestion of wheat,lupin and meat and bone meal by pigs |
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Authors: | Michael R Taverner Drago M Curic Carl J Rayner |
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Abstract: | The ileal digestibilities of dry matter (DM), nitrogen (N), energy and amino acids were measured using pigs prepared with either re-entrant or simple ileal cannulae and fed a basal wheat diet, a wheat/lupin diet and a wheat/meat and bone meal (MBM) diet. The same pigs were also used to determine the faecal digestibilities of DM, N and energy in these diets. Addition of lupins to the basal diet had no significant effect on the true digestibilities of amino acids but addition of MBM significantly ( <0.01) reduced amino acid digestibility. It was calculated that an average of about 90% of the amino acids in lupin and wheat but only 65% of those in MBM were absorbed from the stomach and small intestine of the pig. Compared to lupin and wheat, a much larger proportion of the protein in MBM disappeared in the large intestine (approximately 4, 6 and 15% respectively). On the other hand, a large proportion of the energy in lupins but little of that in wheat and MBM (32, 8 and 4% respectively) disappeared in the large intestine. There were no significant differences between the re-entrant and simple cannulae for ileal digestibility values of DM, N and amino acids. |
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