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monogastric

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monogastric [¦män·ō′gas·trik]
(vertebrate zoology)
Having only one digestive cavity.


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Monogastric animals like hogs and chickens lack phytase, the enzyme needed to digest a form of P in corn called phytate.
Products: Hybrid seed corn, contact Jeff Jorgensen; white corn, contact Jerry Strissel; soybeans, contact Mark Schmidt; alfalfa, contact Joe Waldo; monogastric feed, contact Jim Graeber; wheat, contact Phil Farmer
A shortage of essential amino acids for monogastric species, such as hogs and poultry, limits DDGs to about 10% of the ration in those industries, reports John Urbanchuk, LECG, an economic analysis firm in Wayne, Pa.
 
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