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Factors that influence digestibility of feeds
- the type and chemical composition of the feed for instance presence of trypsin inhibitor in soya bean.
- The level of processing subjected to the feed prior to serving. Highly processed feeds say by grinding increases digestibility.
- Health condition of the animal; healthy animals easily digest feed
- Type of animals; ruminants have advance digestive system to digest and absorb food
- Physiological state of the animal; this affects nutrient requirements for example lactating mothers and laying birds there is high digestibility of feed with high protein content.
- Age of animals; feed digestibility increases with and later decreases with age due to increase and then decrease with nutrient requirements with age
- The animal species; ruminants have high digestibility for roughages
- The ratio of energy to protein in the feed
- Quantity of food in alimentary canal of the animal
- Amount of water consumed
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