title: True metabolisable energy values of some feedingstuffs.
abstract: 1. The apparent metabolisable energy (AME) and the true metabolisable energy (TME) contents of some feedingstuffs were determined with cockerels. The test materials consisted of feed-grade lentil, lentil bran and wild vetch seed. 2. The average values of nitrogen lost, endogenous energy losses (EEL) and endogenous energy losses corrected to zero-nitrogen balance (EELN) were found to be 1.18 g, 62.13 kJ and 21.51 kJ/bird/48h, respectively, from adult cockerels given an energy supply as 50 g glucose during starvation. 3. The nitrogen-corrected apparent metabolisable energy (AME(N)) values for feed-grade lentil, lentil bran and wild vetch seed, respectively, were 6.84, 3.05 and 14.31 kJ/g dry matter. The nitrogen-corrected true metabolisable energy (TMEN) values for the respective feedingstuffs were 7.44, 3.65 and 14.90 kJ/g dry matter.
authors.affiliation: Ankara University, Veterinary Faculty, Department of Animal Nutrition, Dişkapi, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yalçin
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Onol
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D002645:Chickens; D002149:Energy Intake; D007887:Fabaceae; D008297:Male; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D012639:Seeds
chemical_list: D009584:Nitrogen