digestibility coefficient
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apparent digestibility coefficient — nutrient ingested nutrient egested/nutrient ingested. Not all food eaten or ingested is absorbed, the rest is egested as faeces . The absorbed portion is expressed as a percentage according to the above formula the value for the food absorbed… … Dictionary of ichthyology
digestion coefficient — noun also digestibility coefficient : the proportion of a nutrient taken into the digestive tract that is actually digested compare biological value … Useful english dictionary
ADC — apparent digestibility coefficient (the value for the food absorbed from diet and not excreted in faeces; nutrient ingested nutrient egested/nutrient ingested) … Dictionary of ichthyology
