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Prediction of digestibility of neutral detergent solubles using the Lucas principle
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Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Research Centre Foulum, P.O. Box 50, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
 
 
Publication date: 2004-08-30
 
 
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M. R. Weisbjerg   

Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Research Centre Foulum, P.O. Box 50, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
 
 
J. Anim. Feed Sci. 2004;13(Suppl. 1):239-242
 
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Results from sheep digestibility trials, performed at the Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences in the period from 1984 until now, were analysed according to the Lucas principle. The Lucas principle means that across feeds, apparent digestibilities of nutrients in cell contents can be ascribed to a constant true digestibility and to an endogenous loss, which is a constant proportion of feed dry matter (DM). Based on mean digestibilities for 493 feed samples, a true Neutral Detergent Solubles (NDS) digestibility of 101.3% and an endogenous loss of 90.2 g NDS per kg ingested DM were estimated.
 
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