REVIEW PAPER
Ileal and total digestibility of amino acids in feeds
used in mink and polar fox nutrition
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Academy of Technology and Agriculture in Bydgoszcz,
Department of Animal Physiology,
Mazowiecka 28, 85-084 Bydgoszcz, Poland
Publication date: 2001-06-28
J. Anim. Feed Sci. 2001;10(Suppl. 1):211-222
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ABSTRACT
The results of research on the apparent ileal and total digestibility of nitrogen and amino acids in
mink and polar foxes are presented. The research reveals lower values of apparent nitrogen and
amino acid digestibility coefficients in the small intestine than in the whole alimentary tract of these
animals fed on diets containing different sources of animal protein. Fresh fish proteins showed higher ileal and total digestibility of nitrogen and amino acids than fish meal proteins. The increase or
sole content of fish meals in the diets caused more rapid digesta passage, a rise in the amount of
voided faeces and lower apparent ileal and total digestibility of nitrogen and amino acids. After diets
containing whole fish and beef, the amino acids with the highest digestibility were methionine and
lysine. After the diets containing fish meal, meat meal, meat-and-bone meal, and poultry by-product
meal, arginine was the amino acid that was the quickest to be absorbed from the small intestine in
mink and polar foxes. The amino acids of the lowest availability in the small intestine, as well as in
the whole alimentary tract of these species appeared to be threonine and cystine. The lowest apparent
digestibility of these amino acids probably resulted from their high content in endogenous nitrogen
released in the digestive tract of mink and polar foxes.
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