coefficient of digestibility
1digestibility coefficient — noun see digestion coefficient …
2digestion coefficient — noun also digestibility coefficient : the proportion of a nutrient taken into the digestive tract that is actually digested compare biological value …
3apparent digestibility coefficient — nutrient ingested nutrient egested/nutrient ingested. Not all food eaten or ingested is absorbed, the rest is egested as faeces . The absorbed portion is expressed as a percentage according to the above formula the value for the food absorbed… …
4ADC — apparent digestibility coefficient (the value for the food absorbed from diet and not excreted in faeces; nutrient ingested nutrient egested/nutrient ingested) …
