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Apparent Total Tract Digestibility

Apparent Total Tract Digestibility (ATTD) is a measure of the proportion of a nutrient consumed in feed that is absorbed by the animal, calculated from the difference between dietary intake and fecal excretion. Standardized since the 1970s, ATTD is essential for quantifying the bioavailability of nutrients in feedstuffs, formulating balanced diets, and comparing the nutritive value of different feed ingredients across diverse animal species.

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Apparent Total Tract Digestibility Measurement
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / veterinary-science
  • Adeola, O. (2001). Digestion and balance techniques in pigs. In A. J. Lewis & L. L. Southern (Eds.), Swine Nutrition (2nd ed., pp. 903-916). CRC Press. · URL
  • Zijlstra, R. T., & Beltranena, E. (2013). Swine convert co-products from food and biofuel industries efficiently to protein for human food. Journal of Animal Science, 91(5), 2286-2296. · DOI 10.2527/af.2013-0014
  • National Research Council (2012). Nutrient Requirements of Swine (11th ed.). National Academies Press. · URL
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