Publications by authors named "S Kuenz"
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- The study examined the digestibility of amino acids (AA) and metabolizable energy (MEn) in 18 samples of soybean meal (SBM) from different countries using cecectomized laying hens.
- Significant variations in AA digestibility were found, with ranges of 6 to 12%-units for most AAs and specific digestibility percentages for first-limiting AAs like Met, Cys, Lys, Thr, and Val.
- The MEn across SBM samples ranged from 7.5 to 10.5 MJ/kg DM, with only a few quality indicators correlating with AA digestibility or MEn, indicating that other factors may influence these measurements.
The present study investigated the effect of varying trypsin inhibitor activity (TIA) in differently processed soybean expellers on apparent prececal amino acid (AA) digestibility in male broiler chickens. Two different raw soybean batches were treated using varying processing techniques and intensities. In this way, 45 expeller extracted soybean meal (ESBM) variants were created.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Hyperglycemia frequently occurs during major surgery and is associated with adverse postoperative outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the influence of intraoperative hyperglycemia on incidences of postoperative delirium (POD) and postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD).
Methods: Eighty-seven patients aged ≥65 years undergoing elective surgery were included in this prospective observational subproject of the BioCog study.
BACKGROUNDː Dysglycemia is associated with adverse outcome including increased morbidity and mortality in surgical patients. Acute insulin resistance due to the surgical stress response is seen as a major cause of so-called stress hyperglycemia. However, understanding of factors determining blood glucose (BG) during surgery is limited.
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