Chromium

At least 3 days of adaptation are required before indigestible markers (chromium, titanium, and acid insoluble ash) are stabilized in the ileal digesta of 60-kg pigs, but values for amino acid digestibility are affected by the marker

Kim, Beob G., Su A Lee, Kyu R. Park, and Hans H. Stein. 2020. At least 3 days of adaptation are required before indigestible markers (chromium, titanium, and acid insoluble ash) are stabilized in the ileal digesta of 60-kg pigs, but values for amino acid digestibility are affected by the marker. Journal of Animal Science, 2020,  Vol. 98: No.

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Evaluation of adaptation times and indigestible markers in ileal digestibility studies for pigs

Values for digestibility of nutrients in diets or feed ingredients fed to pigs are determined by nutrient intake and nutrient excretion in feces or ileal digesta. Ileal nutrient digestibility is determined using an indigestible marker because complete quantitative collection of ileal digesta is usually not possible. As a consequence, analysis of marker concentration in digesta is critical for accurate calculation of digestibility coefficients. Therefore, a sufficient adaptation period before initiation of ileal digesta collection is also important to make sure that the concentration of the marker in digesta is constant. It is, however, not known if the adaptation period is different among different markers. Therefore, an experiment was conducted to test the hypothesis that adaptation is needed to have constant marker concentrations in ileal digesta from pigs. The second objective was to test the null-hypothesis that apparent ileal digestibility (AID) and standardized ileal digestibility (SID) of AA digestibility and the basal endogenous losses of AA are constant regardless of the indigestible marker used.

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Ileal amino acid digestibility values vary depending on the exogenous indigestible indexes in pigs fed a soybean meal-based diet

Kim, B. G., K. R. Park, and H. H. Stein. 2017. Ileal amino acid digestibility values vary depending on the exogenous indigestible indexes in pigs fed a soybean meal-based diet. J. Anim. Sci. 95(Suppl. 4):209 (Abstr.) Link to abstract (.pdf)

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Time course of indigestible indexes in the ileal out flow of pigs fed a soybean meal-based or nitrogen free diet

Kim, B. G., K. R. Park, and H. H. Stein. 2017. Time course of indigestible indexes in the ileal out flow of pigs fed a soybean meal-based or nitrogen free diet. J. Anim. Sci. 95(Suppl. 4):209 (Abstr.) Link to abstract (.pdf)

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Two days of adaptation period may be enough for measuring ileal amino acid digestibility using chromium or titanium as an indigestible index in swine diets

Kim, B. G., S. A. Lee, and H. H. Stein. 2017. Two days of adaptation period may be enough for measuring ileal amino acid digestibility using chromium or titanium as an indigestible index in swine diets. J. Anim. Sci. 95(Suppl. 4):44 (Abstr.) Link to abstract (.pdf)

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Effects of collection time on flow of chromium and dry matter and on basal ileal endogenous losses of amino acids in growing pigs

Kim, B. G., Y. Liu, and H. H. Stein. 2016. Effects of collection time on flow of chromium and dry matter and on basal ileal endogenous losses of amino acids in growing pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 94:4196-4204. Link to full text (.pdf)

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No shortcut to leaner pigs

Stein, H. H. 1994. No shortcut to leaner pigs. University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Swine Report #112.

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