OBSERVATIONS ON DIGESTION IN THE PIG USING A RE-ENTRANT INTESTINAL FISTULA

摘要: Sixty-four 12- to 24-hour collections were made of digesta flowing from re-entrant ileal fistulas two pigs used study the digestibility and rate passage various materials in proximal digestive tract. An average 88 per cent digestible dry matter 91 protein a 20 ration was digested stomach small intestine. The very finely ground fed only for short periods. content fistula considerably higher when concentrate than dried skim milk powder or soluble carbohydrates fed. Glucose most completely all tested, usually followed decreasing order by corn starch, galactose, sucrose, lactose potato starch. Undigested accompanied large volumes fluid which seldom exceeded isotonic concentrations. starch resulted at times contained 42 dry...