monogastric


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monogastric

[¦män·ō′gas·trik]
(vertebrate zoology)
Having only one digestive cavity.
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They hope for an extension of the derogation allowing a maximum of 5% conventional raw materials in monogastric feed".
INTERVIEW: Further Growth Expected for EU Organic Poultry Sector Despite New Feeding Rules
In the theses, the topics most popular include: Agricultural biochemistry and nutrition (ranked first with 12 PhD theses), Ruminant nutrition (ranked second with 9 PhD theses) and Monogastric nutrition (ranked third with 8 PhD theses).
Citation analysis of doctoral works submitted to the Department of Animal Science, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
than monogastric animals such as equids (Gurr 1993: 83).
Eating horses: the evolutionary significance of hippophagy
Phytic acid, the main form of phosphorous in plant-origin animal feeds, is poorly available to monogastric animals as they lack the enzyme capable of hydrolyzing phytic acid to release phosphate.
Origin Agritech Announces World's First Genetically Modified Phytase Corn
The foregut of monogastric has only a very limited ability to hydrolyse phytate P (inositol hexaphosphate) in feedstuffs of plant origin due to the lack of significant endogenous phytase activity and low microbial population (Selle and Ravindran, 2007).
Efficacy of new 6-phytase from Buttiauxella spp. on growth performance and nutrient retention in broiler chickens fed corn soybean meal-based diets
Maize has for a long time been a traditional and indispensable cereal grain in the commercial diets of monogastric farm animals in Ghana [1].
Nutrient composition, pest and microbial status and effects of discarded biscuits on the growth performance, carcass characteristics and economic profiles of growing-finishing pigs
Junmei Zhao, Executive Manager of Monogastric Nutrition Solutions at Novus.
Research Shows Supplementing Pig Diets With A High Quality Antioxidant Optimizes Growth And Meat Quality
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ECO-FCEs objective is to firstly understand the interactions within the monogastric biological system which create diversity, optimise feed use efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, nitrogen and phosphorus excretion, whilst not adversely affecting animal health, welfare or product quality.
United Kingdom : A whole-systems approach to optimising feed efficiency and reducing the ecological footprint of monogastrics
The alliance designed Fibosel[R], which has become today an immunostimulant of reference with worldwide uses in a variety of animal species, especially aquatic species and young and breeding monogastric animals.
Trouw Nutrition International and Lallemand Animal Nutrition: Development and Validation of a Potent Immunostimulant
The main hypothesis concerning the source of infection in cattle born after the MBM ban still involves MBM; the BSE agent may have entered cattle feed by cross-contamination with feed for monogastric species (pigs and poultry) in which MBM was still authorized until November 2000.
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and spatial analysis of the feed industry
As a result farmers can no longer feed fish-meal to ruminants, but it can still be fed to monogastric animals such as pigs and poultry, as well as for aquaculture feed.
Lift fish-meal ban to save ewes; WELFARE: Vital proteins need to be restored for winter nutrition
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