title: Measurement of digestible and metabolizable energy of diets for rats.
abstract: A balance method for the measurement of digestible and metabolizable energy in rats is described. Experimentally determined metabolizable energies of 2 diets for rats were closer to those values for metabolizable energy calculated from tabulated values for pigs rather than chickens. Some drawbacks in the use of tables of energy values to predict the energy of diets are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D002645:Chickens / Q000378:metabolism; D004032:Diet; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats / Q000378:metabolism*; D013552:Swine / Q000378:metabolism