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Digestible energy content of meat meals and meat and bone meals for growing pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

E. S. Batterham ,
C. E. Lewis ,
R. F. Lowe  and
C. J. McMillan
E. S. Batterham
Affiliation:
New South Wales Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Centre, Wollongbar, New South Wales 2480, Australia
C. E. Lewis
Affiliation:
New South Wales Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Centre, Wollongbar, New South Wales 2480, Australia
R. F. Lowe
Affiliation:
New South Wales Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Centre, Wollongbar, New South Wales 2480, Australia
C. J. McMillan
Affiliation:
New South Wales Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Centre, Wollongbar, New South Wales 2480, Australia
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Abstract

1. The digestible energy content of 14 meat meals and meat and bone meals produced from different regions in eastern Australia was determined using growing pigs. The relationship between digestible energy content and chemical constituents in the meals was investigated.

2. Digestible energy ranged from 9·4 to 13·9MJ/kg (air-dry basis). This variation in digestible energy was best described by the regression equation:

3. Simpler equations, with only gross energy or crude protein and ether extract were:

4. Digestibility of the energy and crude protein in the meals ranged from 0·63 to 0·77 and 0·73 to 0·91 respectively. These variations were not related to any of the major chemical constituents of the meals.

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Animal Production , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , December 1980 , pp. 273 - 277
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1980

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