Net energy evaluation of feeds and determination of net energy requirements for pigs

Feeds for pigs can be attributed different energy values according to, first, the step considered in energy utilization (DE: digestible energy, ME: metabolizable energy and NE: net energy) and, second, the method used for estimation at each step. Reference methods for evaluating DE content are based...

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Main Author: Jean Noblet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2007-07-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982007001000025