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Horses, for example, as monogastrics cannot digest fibre-rich fodders as easily as ruminants and thus require energy-based high-value feedstuffs.
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Fish solubles are reported to improve growth in monogastrics but the specific mechanism does not appear to be known.
Chapter 9 1988
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However, these high tannin varieties are more deficient in the essential amino acid lysine than ordinary varieties which has consequences for humans and other monogastrics like pigs and chickens.
Chapter 7 1981
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Grass is more digestible but less suitable for monogastrics.
Chapter 3 1979
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