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digestible
(redirected from digestible energy)

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digestible
having the quality of being able to be digested.

digestible energy
the proportion of the potential energy in a feed which is in fact digested.
digestible protein
see digestible protein.
total digestible nutrients


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A direct determination of available digestible energy was not possible because of the inability to collect sufficient feces to estimate fecal energy.
Whereas typical feedlot diets contain about 85% corn, more and more lots are replacing it with distillers grains to increase fat content and digestible energy.
Total protein, fiber and lipid (% dry weight) are listed in rows for each feed, followed by total and digestible energy (kcal/kg feed), and ingredients (% dry weight) used in each feed.
 
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