Nondietary Gut Materials Interfere with the Determination of Dietary Fiber Digestibility in Growing Pigs When Using the Prosky Method ,
Author(s) -
Carlos A. Montoya,
Shane M. Rutherfurd,
Paul J. Moughan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.463
H-Index - 265
eISSN - 1541-6100
pISSN - 0022-3166
DOI - 10.3945/jn.115.212639
Subject(s) - feces , dry matter , digestion (alchemy) , ileum , neutral detergent fiber , fiber , chemistry , zoology , food science , dietary fiber , small intestine , gastrointestinal tract , biology , biochemistry , chromatography , paleontology , organic chemistry
Reported negative ileal and total tract dietary fiber (DF) digestibility values are physiologically untenable and suggest the presence of nondietary material in the gut contents that interferes with the DF determination.
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