New findings from University of Kiel describe advances in feed science.

"Regression equations were developed to predict the organic matter (OM) digestibility of forage-based diets from contents Of Crude protein (CP) and acid detergent soluble CP (ADSCP) in feces, with data (721 observations of nine types of diets) obtained from in vivo digestibility trials (n=159) with sheep conducted at the Federal Research Centre of Agriculture, Braunschweig, Germany and in Inner Mongolia, China. Using the non linear mixed model procedure, the developed regression equation was: OM digestibility=0.899-0.644 x exp (-0.5774 x fecal CP (g/kgOM)1100)," scientists in Kiel, Germany report.

"The probability values of estimated parameters of the equation were …