Amino Dat 4.0. (2010). Amino Dat Tm The amino acid composition of feedstuffs, Evonik Degussa, Platinum version. Hanau, Germany.
Applegate T.J., Adedokun S.A., Adeola O., Parsons C.M. and Lilburn M.S. (2008). Amino acid digestibility-methodology and application. Multistate Poult. Feed. Conf., Indianapolis, IN.
Aviagen. (2007). Ross 308 Broiler Nutrition Specification. Aviagen Company, Scotland.
Bodin J.C. and Aubret J.M. (2005) The NIRS method to support practical feed formulation. Pp. 420- 427 in Proc. 15th European Symp. Poult. Nutr., Balatonfured, Hungary.
Commission Directive. (1998). Establishing community methods for the determination of amino acids, crude oils and fats, and olanquindox in feeding stuff and amending Directive 71/39/EEC, annex part A. Determination of amino acids. Off. J. Eur. Commun. 257, 14-23.
Cravener T.L. and Roush W.B. (2001). Prediction of amino acid profile in feed ingredients: genetic algorithm calibration of artificial neural networks. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 90, 131-141.
Dari R.L., Penz J.R., Kessler A.M. and Jost H.C. (2005). Use of digestible amino acids and the concept of ideal protein in feed formulation for broilers. J. Appl. Poult. Res. 14, 195-203.
De CocaSinova D., Valencia G., Jiménez Moreno E., Lázaro R. and Mateos G.G. (2008). Apparent illeal digestibility of energy, nitrogen and amino acids of soybean meals of different origin in broilers. Poult. Sci. 87, 2613-2623.
Ebadi M.R., Sedghi M. Golian A. and Ahmadi H. (2011). Prediction of the true digestible amino acid contents from the chemical composition of sorghum grain for poultry. Poult. Sci. 90, 2397-2401.
Fontaine J., Hörr J. and Schirmer B. (2001). Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy enables the fast and accurate prediction of the essential amino acid contents in soy, rapeseed meal, sunflower meal, peas, fishmeal, meat meal products and poultry meal. J. Agric. Food Chem. 49, 57-66.
Fontaine J., Schirmer B. and Horr J. (2002). Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) enables the fast and accurate prediction of essential amino acid contents. 2. Results for wheat, barley, corn, triticale, wheat bran / middlings, rice bran and sorghum. J. Agric. Food Chem. 50, 3902-3911.
Harrison M.D., Ballard M.R.M., Barclay R.A., Jackson M.E. and Stilborn H.L. (1991). A comparison of true digestibility for poultry and apparent ileal digestibility for swine. A classical in vitro method and NIR spectrophotometry for determining amino acid digestibility. Pp. 254-259 in Digestive Physiology in Pigs. M.W.A. Verstegen, J. Huisman and L.A. den Hartzog, Eds. Wageningen, Puduc.
Koch F. (2002). Practical advantages of fast amino acid determination with Amino NIRTM. Amin. News. 3(3), 1-8.
Liu Y.G., Swick R.A. and Greswell D. (2012). Assessing metabolizable energy and digestible amino acids of different soybean meals by NIRS and broiler performance. Pp 55-58 in Australian Poult. Sci. Symp. Australia.
Llames C. and Fontaine J. (1994). Determination of amino acids in feeds: collaborative study. J. AOAC Int. 77, 1362-1402.
NRC. (1994). Nutrient Requirements for Poultry. 9th Rev. Ed. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.
Owens B., McCann M.E., McCracken K.J. and Park R.S. (2009). Prediction of wheat chemical and physical characteristics and nutritive value by near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy. Br. Poult. Sci. 50, 103-122.
Rostagno H.S., Pupa J.M.R. and Pack M. (1995). Diet formulation for broilers based on total versus digestible amino acids. J. Appl. Poult. Res. 4, 293-299.
SAS Institute. (2004). SAS/STAT Software Version 9.1 SAS Inst. Inc., Cary, NC.
Sedghi M., Ebadi M.R. Golian A. and Ahmadi H. (2011). Estimation and modeling true metabolizable energy of sorghum grain for poultry. Poult. Sci. 90, 1138-1143.
Sedghi M., Ebadi M.R., Golian A. and Ahmadi H. (2012). Prediction of digestible amino acid and true metabolizable energy contents of sorghum grain from total essential amino acids. Poult. Sci. 90, 2397-2401.
Sibbald I.R. (1987). Estimation of available amino acids feeding stuffs for poultry and pigs: a review with emphasis on balance experiments. Canadian J. Anim. Sci. 67, 221-300.
Soleimani Roudi P., Golian A. and Sedghi M. (2012). Metabolizable energy and digestible amino acid prediction of wheat using mathematical models. Poult. Sci. 91, 2055-2062.
Urriola P.E., Hoehler D., Pedersen C., Stein H.H. and Shurson G.C. (2009). Amino acid digestibility of distillers dried grains with solubles, produced from sorghum, a sorghum-corn blend, and corn fed to growing pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 87, 2574-2580.
Van Kempen T. and Bodin J.Ch. (1998). Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) appears to be superior to nitrogen-based regression as a rapid tool in predicting the poultry digestible amino acid content of commonly used feedstuffs. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 76, 139-147.
Van Kempen T.A.T.G. and Simmins P.H. (1997). Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy in precision feed formulation. J. Appl. Poult. Res. 6, 471-477.
Williams C.H., David D.J. and Iismaa D. (1962). The determination of chromic oxide in feces samples by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. J. Agric. Sci. 59, 381-385.