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Table 6.2.
Summary of studies to measure the apparent digestibility of feeds from fi rst-generation GM plants in comparison with isogenic counterparts,
conducted at the Institute of Animal Nutrition, Braunschweig, Germany.
Animal
species/
categories
Animal number
(isogenic/
transgenic)
Analytical
measurements
Duration
(days)
GM plant
Composition
Digestibility
References
Bt maize
Grain
Crude nutrients, amino
acids, fatty acids,
NSP, minerals,
mycotoxins
Growing and
fattening
pigs
3 periods
(39/60/80 kg
body weight)
6/6 pigs
14
No signifi cant
differences
No signifi cant
differences
Reuter
et al
., 2002
Crude nutrients, starch,
NSP, amino acids,
fatty acids, minerals
Laying hens
6/6
10
No signifi cant
differences
No signifi cant
differences
Aulrich
et al
., 2001
Crude nutrients
Broilers
6/6
5
No signifi cant
differences
No signifi cant
differences
Aulrich
et al
., 2001
Crude nutrients
Sheep
4/4
24
No signifi cant
differences
No signifi cant
differences
Aulrich
et al
., 2001
Pat maize
Grain
Crude nutrients, starch,
sugar, NSP, amino
acids, fatty acids
Pigs
5/5
14
No signifi cant
differences
No signifi cant
differences
Böhme
et al
., 2001
Pat sugarbeets
Roots
Crude nutrients, sugar
Sheep
4/4
24
No signifi cant
differences
No signifi cant
differences
Böhme
et al.
, 2001
Crude nutrients, sugar
Pigs
5/5
14
No signifi cant
differences
No signifi cant
differences
Böhme
et al
., 2001
Top silage
Crude nutrients
Sheep
4/4
24
No signifi cant
differences
No signifi cant
differences
Böhme
et al
., 2001
