14.02.2014 Views

Digestibility - Department of Animal Sciences

Digestibility - Department of Animal Sciences

Digestibility - Department of Animal Sciences

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

3. Regression method<br />

Schneider & Flatt (1975)<br />

Also allows digy. estimation for two feeds<br />

– Feed different ratios <strong>of</strong> the two feeds<br />

– Estimate digy <strong>of</strong> each <strong>of</strong> the ratios<br />

– Fit regression <strong>of</strong> test feed inclusion vs. digy<br />

– Extrapolate to estimate digy <strong>of</strong> test feed.<br />

Cons<br />

– Considerable expense and labor for estimating digy<br />

<strong>of</strong> one feed.

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!