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Table 6 Protein digestibility of silage after processing

From: Utilization of egg-laying hens (Gallus Gallus domesticus) for production of ingredients for human consumption and animal feed

Sample

Pepsin digestibility (%)

Casein

83.9 ± 0.1

Raw material Hw

66.2 ± 2.0

Raw material Hw/o

57.3 ± 1.6

HwSA

69.9 ± 1.6

HwSA.Su

79.7 ± 1.7

HwSF

72.6 ± 0.8

HwSF.Su

70.2 ± 2.0

Hw/oSA

72.5 ± 2.6

Hw/oSA.Su

74.9 ± 4.6

Hw/oSF

64.0 ± 3.4

Hw/oSF.Su

63.2 ± 3.0

  1. Pepsin digestibility (%) of silage from silaging of hens with viscera, heads and feathers (HwS, plain), hens without viscera, head and feathers (Hw/oS, striped), raw material Hw, raw material Hw/o and casein (\( \overline{\mathrm{x}} \) ± SD, n = 2). Abbreviations are given for the four individual treatments: acetic acid (A), acetic acid + 0,1% sulfite (A.Su), formic acid (F) and formic acid + 0,1% sulfite (F.Su)