Guide for assessing the protein quality in soya feed products
Posted: 02.05.2022
Soya beans are an excellent source of protein but they also contain anti-nutritive components, which need to be deactivated by heat prior to feeding to swine or poultry. However, high temperatures can also damage key nutrients, reducing their digestibility. Trypsin inhibitor activity (TIA), protein dispersibility index (PDI) and urease activity are useful indicators in soya products to assess the quality of soya bean processing and help to predict availability and digestibility of nutrients. Most feed laboratories can measure these parameters. In addition, specialised near infra-red spectroscopy (NIRS) can now measure the availability of amino acids
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