Skip to main content
. 2013 Apr 12;8(4):e61252. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061252

Table 2. Effect of meat cooking temperature on nitrogen flow to the ileum1.

Meat cooking temperature Statistics2
Item 60°C 75°C 95°C P
Intake, g N 4.96 4.58 4.64
Ileal digesta flow, g N/9 h
Total N 1.40±0.12 1.20±0.09 1.58±0.19 0.094
Dietary N 0.26±0.02 0.17±0.02 0.23±0.03 0.132
Endogenous N 1.14±0.11 1.03±0.10 1.35±0.20 0.151
Apparent ileal digestibility, % 72.7±2.3 73.8±1.9 66.2±4.0 0.098
True ileal digestibility, % 94.7±0.5 96.3±0.4 95.1±0.7 0.299
1

Values are means ± SEM, n = 6.

2

Data were analysed by ANOVA with minipigs and meat cooking temperatures as main factors.