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Publication Date: June 11, 2013
Reference: Advances in Pork Production, Volume 24, 2013
Country: Canada
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The abstract for a study outlining the use of spectroscopy to determine protein digestibility, and then comparing the value to that of in vivo protein values. The method is less accurate with N-free diets, or if corn starch particles are on the surface of the feed, but otherwise fast, accurate, and requires little sample.