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The protein quality of meat meals as assayed with the rat and with Streptococcus zymogenes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

R. Ferrando
Affiliation:
Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d' Alfort, Seine, France
Nicole Henry
Affiliation:
Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d' Alfort, Seine, France
P. Larvor
Affiliation:
Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d' Alfort, Seine, France
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Abstract

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1. Seven samples of meat meal have been assayed with rats by the protein efficiency ratio (PER) test and with Streptococcus zymogenes by Ford's (1960) ‘relative nutritive value’ (RNV) test.

2. A correlation coefficient of r = + 0·895 was obtained for the results from the two series of tests.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1968

References

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