An automatically progressed computer-controlled simulated digestion system to predict digestible and metabolizable energy of unconventional plant protein meals for growing pigs

Researchers at Institute of Animal Sciences of CAAS develop a new computer-controlled simulated digestion system to predict the digestible energy (DE) and metabolizable energy (ME) of unconventional plant protein meals for growing pigs. The results indicate IVDE has similar response to the DE but different response to the ME in 10 experimental diets and 9 unconventional plant protein meals. Therefore, IVDE is more suitable to predict DE than ME of diets and unconventional plant protein meals for growing pigs.

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405654522000476