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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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  1. Fields of Study
  2. products and commodities
  3. product quality
  4. food quality
  5. nutritive value
  6. digestible energy
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. products and commodities
  3. product quality
  4. food quality
  5. nutritive value
  6. digestible energy
  1. Fields of Study
  2. products and commodities
  3. product quality
  4. food quality
  5. nutritive value
  6. digestible energy
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. products and commodities
  3. product quality
  4. food quality
  5. nutritive value
  6. digestible energy
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. products and commodities
  3. product quality
  4. food quality
  5. nutritive value
  6. digestible energy
  1. Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
  2. products and commodities
  3. product quality
  4. food quality
  5. nutritive value
  6. digestible energy
  1. Fields of Study
  2. food science
  3. food quality
  4. nutritive value
  5. digestible energy
  1. Human Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality
  2. food science
  3. food quality
  4. nutritive value
  5. digestible energy
  1. Fields of Study
  2. forage and feed science
  3. forage
  4. forage quality
  5. nutritive value
  6. digestible energy
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. forage and feed science
  3. forage
  4. forage quality
  5. nutritive value
  6. digestible energy
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal science
  3. forage and feed science
  4. feed quality
  5. nutritive value
  6. digestible energy
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal science
  3. forage and feed science
  4. feed quality
  5. nutritive value
  6. digestible energy

Preferred term

digestible energy

Type

  • Product

Definition

  • Information Energy in food or feed that is available to humans or animals by digestion, and measured as the difference between gross energy content and the energy lost in feces.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • energy digestibility

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/33534

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