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Soybean Meal – Swine Protein – November 2018

Soybean meal is an excellent source of protein for pigs because of its excellent amino acid profile and its high amino acid digestibility. However, the presence of anti-nutritional factors such…

Microbial Phytase Use in Swine Diets (August 2017)

Researchers at the University of Illinois determined the effects of graded levels of microbial phytase on the apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of phosphorus (P) and calcium (Ca) and the…

Soybean Meal Use in Dog Foods

…to evaluate the effects of SP on apparent total tract macronutrient digestibility, fecal characteristics, and fecal fermentative end products. The study was also to determine whether SP could be a…

Feeding Value of Organic Soybean Meal

Research to determine the digestibility of amino acids in samples of regular and organic corn and soybean meal was reported in the Canadian Journal of Animal Science. The experiment involved…

Heat Stress and Broiler Performance (August 2017)

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of heat stress on performance, digestibility, and molecular transporters of amino acids in broilers. Cobb 500 chicks were raised from hatch till…

Soybean Meal – Horses (December 2017)

…protein sources (canola, cottonseed and linseed meals). The website discusses how protein quality is also determined by its digestibility, specifically in the small intestine (prececal) of the horse where intact…