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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry > products and commodities > product quality > food quality > nutritive value > digestible energy
Fields of Study > food science > food quality > nutritive value > digestible energy
Human Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality > food science > food quality > nutritive value > digestible energy
Fields of Study > animal science > forage and feed science > feed quality > nutritive value > digestible energy
Animals, Livestock, One Health > animal science > forage and feed science > feed quality > nutritive value > digestible energy
Fields of Study > animal science > forage and feed science > forage > forage quality > nutritive value > digestible energy
Animals, Livestock, One Health > animal science > forage and feed science > forage > forage quality > nutritive value > digestible energy
Preferred Term:

digestible energy

Definition:
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.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
Broader Concept:
nutritive value
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • energy digestibility
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/33534
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