Digestibility: Digestibility refers to the extent to which a feedstuff is absorbed in the animal body as it passes through an animal?s digestive tract.
What is digestibility of a feed?
Digestibility of a feed is the ability of the animal to breakdown or utilized the feed such that it provides the necessary nutrients required for the animal growth. Feeding is an essential aspect of animal production. It is said to be about 70% – 75% of the total cost of production.
How is animal digestibility determined?
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.
What is digestibility and why is it important?
Digestibility is the factor that expresses the potential of an ingredient to be digested, absorbed and processed by the animal's system, whether in terms of nutrients or of energy. It is very important that this coefficient is known when companies that make feed and animal foods are making decisions.
What are the factors that affect digestibility?
Carbohydrates: The nature and level of dietary carbohydrates affect the digestibility of all nutrients present in the diet. High crude fibre content of mixed diets decreases their digestibility. The higher the percentage of crude fibre in a ration, the lower is the digestibility of dry matter and all other nutrients.
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