Empyreal® 75 Digestibility in Cecectomized Roosters
Background: Protein digestibility of animal and vegetable origin can be variable due to manufacturing practices and the presence of anti-nutritional factors. To verify the availability of Empyreal 75, an in vivo digestibility study was conducted at the University of Illinois in cecectomized roosters.
Objective: Evaluate the digestibility of Empyreal 75 in cecectomized roosters.
Materials and Methods:
- Four Single-Comb White Leghorn roosters (40 weeks old) were fed about 25 grams of as-is Empyreal 75 in 25 mL of water.
- Excreta was collected for 48 hours, lyophilized, weighed, ground and the parameters analyzed.
- The ingredient was analyzed for gross energy, total metabolizable energy (TMEn) and true amino acid digestibility (TAA) in cecectomized roosters.
Results:
- The total metabolizable energy value shows digestibility of about 80%.
- True amino acid digestibility are mostly above 90%.
Obs: Correction factor for nitrogen content = 8.22 kcal/g nitrogen
- AME = (EI – E0) / FI
- TME = AME + (FEL / FI)
- TMEn = TME – (8.22 * ANR / FI) – (8.22 * FNL / FI)
Where:
- AME = apparent metabolizable energy
- EI = gross energy intake
- EO = gross energy voided of the feedstuff (excreted)
- FI = feed intake
- TME = true metabolizable energy
- FEL = fasting energy loss
- TMEn = true metabolizable energy corrected for the nitrogen content
- ANR = apparent nitrogen retained
- FNL = fasting nitrogen loss
Conclusions:
- The total metabolizable energy value for Empyreal 75, about 80%, is commonly seen in protein ingredients with extremely low fat and carbohydrates in cecectomized roosters.
- Numbers above 90% for true amino acid digestibility in roosters are excellent.
- Empyreal 75 is recognized as an outstanding, highly concentrated protein source for livestock feed, pet food and aquaculture feed.
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