Apparent amino acid absorption from feather meal by chicks

  • Bielorai R
  • Harduf Z
  • Iosif B
  • et al.
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Abstract

1. The apparent absorption values of individual amino acids from two samples of feather meal (FM) were determined in the lower ileum of chicks fed on diets containing magnesium ferrite as a marker.2. The average absorption values for FM amino acids were low, approximately 0.50, as compared with approximately 0.85 for soya bean, used as a control. Values for individual amino acids from FM differed distinctly, ranging from 0.20 to 0.70. Low values were obtained for aspartic acid, histidine, lysine, glutamic acid and cystine.3. An indication of the low absorption of the previously-mentioned amino acids was obtained by analysing the amino acid composition of the FM residues undigested by pepsin or pancreatin.4. The reasons for testing the apparent rather than the true absorption are discussed.

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Bielorai, R., Harduf, Z., Iosif, B., & Alumot, E. (1983). Apparent amino acid absorption from feather meal by chicks. British Journal of Nutrition, 49(3), 395–399. https://doi.org/10.1079/bjn19830048

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