Nutrient Digestibility in Horses
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چکیده
Many equine nutrient requirements are based on certain assumptions about how well horses digest and absorb nutrients. Unfortunately, a great many questions remain unanswered about nutrient digestibility in horses. How well do horses utilize different sources of nutrients? What nutrients interact with one another to affect digestibility? Over the past five years, Kentucky Equine Research has conducted dozens of digestibility trials to evaluate different types of feeds and feed ingredients for horses. This paper will present a summary of the data collected in these various experiments. Together, these data represent one of the most comprehensive digestibility studies ever conducted in horses. Hopefully, the results of these studies will help refine the various nutrient requirements currently being used for horses and improve the precision with which horse feeds are formulated.
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