Meeting pigs' phosphorous requirements with fermented soybean meal
Monday, October 1, 2012 - 15:31
in Health & Medicine
(Phys.org)—Fermented soybean meal (FSBM), considered a promising substitute for fish meal in weanling pig diets because of its protein content, lower cost, and lack of anti-nutritional factors, may have an additional advantage. University of Illinois researchers recently found that pigs digest the phosphorous in FSBM better than the phosphorus in conventional soybean meal.