Ileal amino acid digestibility assay for the growing meat chicken—effect of the imposition of a fasting period and the nature of the test diet

References

• Achinewhu , S.C. and Hewitt , D. 1979 . Assessment of the nutritional quality of protein: the use of ‘ileal’ digestibilities of amino acids as measures of their availabilities . British Journal of Nutrition , 41 : 559 – 571 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• AOAC . 1984 . Official Methods of Analysis , Washington DC : Association of Official Analytical Chemists .
   Google Scholar
• Badaway , A.M. 1964 . “ Changes in the protein and non‐protein nitrogen in the digesta of the sheep ” . In The Role of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Protein Metabolism , Edited by: Munro , H.N. 175 – 185 . Oxford : Blackwell .
   Google Scholar
• Bragg , D.B. , Ivy , C.A. and Stephenson , E.L. 1969 . Method for determining amino acid availability of feeds . Poultry Science , 48 : 2135 – 2137 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Carre , B. , Beaufils , E. and Melcion , J.P. 1991 . Evaluation of protein and starch digestibilities and energy value of pelleted or unpelleted pea seeds from winter or spring cultivars in adult and young chickens . Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry , 39 : 468 – 472 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Costigan , P. and Ellis , K.J. 1987 . Analysis of faecal chromium derived from controlled release marker devices . New Zealand Journal of Technology , 3 : 89 – 92 .
   Google Scholar
• Furuse , M. , Mabayo , R.T. , Choi , Y.H. , Denbow , D.M. and Okumura , J. 1993 . Feeding behaviour in chickens given diets containing medium chain triglyceride . British Poultry Science , 34 : 211 – 217 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Furuya , S. and Kaji , Y. 1991 . Additivity of the apparent and true ileal digestible amino acid supply in barley, maize, wheat or soyabean meal based diets for growing pigs . Animal Feed Science and Technology , 32 : 321 – 331 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Imbeah , M. , Sauer , W.C. and Mosenthin , R. 1988 . The prediction of the digestible amino acid supply in barley‐soybean meal or canola diets and pancreatic enzyme secretion in pigs . Journal of Animal Science , 66 : 1409 – 1417 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kadim , I.T. and Moughan , P.J. 1997 . Development of an ileal amino acid digestibility assay for the growing chicken—the effect of time after feeding for sampling digesta and the site of sampling . British Poultry Science , 38 : 89 – 95 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Keulder , H.F. The development of a standardised procedure for the determination of true digestibility of amino acids in protein sources . Proceedings of the 16th World's Poultry Congress . Vol. A2 , pp. 9 – 18 .
   Google Scholar
• Likuski , H.J.A. and Dorrell , H.G. 1978 . A bioassay for rapid determination of amino acid availability values . Poultry Science , 57 : 1658 – 1660 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McNab , J.M. and Shannon , D.W.F. 1972 . Studies on the progress of digestion in the fowl: dry matter and total nitrogen . British Poultry Science , 13 : 495 – 502 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Perez , L. , Fernandez‐Figares , I. , Nieto , R. , Aguilera , J.F. and Prieto , C. 1993 . Amino acid ileal digestibility of some grain legume seeds in growing chickens . Animal Production , 56 : 261 – 267 .
   Google Scholar
• Pettersson , D. , Graham , H. and Aman , P. 1991 . The nutritive value for broiler chickens of pelleting and enzyme supplementation of a diet containing barley, wheat and rye . Animal Feed Science and Technology , 33 : 1 – 14 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Raharjo , Y. and Farrell , D.J. 1984 . A new biological method for determining amino acid digestibility in poultry feedstuffs using a simple cannula, and the influence of dietary fibre on endogenous amino acid output . Animal Feed Science and Technology , 12 : 29 – 45 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schutte , J.B. , Van Leeuvven , P. and Lichtendonk , W.J. 1991 . Ileal digestibility and urinary excretion of D‐xylose and L‐arabinose in ileostomized adult roosters . Poultry Science , 70 : 884 – 891 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shafey , T.M. and McDonald , M.W. 1991 . The effects of dietary concentrations of minerals, source of protein, amino acids and antibiotics on the growth of and digestibility of amino acids by broiler chickens . British Poultry Science , 32 : 535 – 544 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sibbald , I.R. and Morse , P.M. 1983 . The effects of feed input and excreta collection time on estimates of metabolic plus endogenous losses in the bioassay for true metabolizable energy . Poultry Science , 62 : 68 – 76 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Snedecor , G.W. and Cochran , W.G. 1989 . Statistical Methods, , 8th edn , Ames : Iowa State University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Ten Doeschate , R.A.H. , Scheele , C.W. , Schreurs , V.V.A. and van der Klis , J.D. 1993 . Digestibility studies in broiler chickens: influence of genotype, age, sex and method of determination . British Poultry Science , 34 : 131 – 146 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Van Weerden , E.J. 1989 . “ Present and future developments in the protein/amino acid supply of monogastric farm animals ” . In Nutrition and Digestive Physiology in Monogastric Farm Animals , Edited by: Van Weerden , E.J. and HuiSMAN , J. 89 – 101 . Wageningen Centre for Agricultural Publishing and Documentation .
   Google Scholar
• Varnish , S.A. and Carpenter , K.J. 1971 . A comparison of ileal and faecal analysis to determine the availability of dietary amino acids . Proceedings of Nutrition Society , 30 : 70A – 71A .
   Google Scholar
• Wallis , I.R. , Mollah , Y. and Balnave , D. 1985 . Interactions between wheat and other dietary cereals with respect to metabolisable energy and digestible amino acids . British Poultry Science , 26 : 265 – 274 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Whitacre , M.E. and Tanner , H. 1989 . “ Methods of determining the bioavailability of amino acids for poultry ” . In Absorption and Utilization of Amino Acids , Edited by: Friedman , M. 129 – 141 . Florida : CRC Press .
   Google Scholar
• Whittemore , C. 1993 . The Science and Practice of Pig Production , London : Longman .
   Google Scholar