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Total digestible nutrients

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-006082

A measure of the energy content of a feedstuff, representing the sum of the digestible crude protein, crude fiber, nitrogen-free extract, and fat (multiplied by 2.25). This value indicates the proportion of nutrients in a feed that an animal can actually digest and use for energy. TDN is expressed as a percentage or in units of weight.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-006082
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectAgricultural equipment
TranslationsGerman: TDN; Spanish: nutrientes digestibles totales; French: nutriments digestibles totaux
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006082",
  "term": "Total digestible nutrients",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A measure of the energy content of a feedstuff, representing the sum of the digestible crude protein, crude fiber, nitrogen-free extract, and fat (multiplied by 2.25). This value indicates the proportion of nutrients in a feed that an animal can actually digest and use for energy. TDN is expressed as a percentage or in units of weight.",
  "subject": "Agricultural equipment",
  "translations": {
    "de": "TDN",
    "es": "nutrientes digestibles totales",
    "fr": "nutriments digestibles totaux"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/total-digestible-nutrients/"
}

Record 6,641 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.