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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 November 2017
The extent of uncertainties associated with most of the existing protein evaluation systems for ruminants necessitates the need for some alternative investigations. Recently Newbold and Rust (1990) have demonstrated a close relationship between rumen proteolysis and protein fractions of soybean meal. Such relationship may be helpful in describing different feed proteins in terms of their ability to supply amino acid N to ruminant tissues. Present experiments were, therefore, conducted to examine the feasibility of using parameters such as protein size, type and structure, determined by solubility and electrophoresis for the evaluation of a variety of feed proteins.