AN UNBIASED VIEW OF SOYBEAN MEAL

Soybean meal consists of oligosaccharides including raffinose and stachyose that can't be digested by monogastric animals, a result of the deficiency of a certain endogenous alpha-galactosidase. Raffinose and stachyose might cause flatulence and diarrhoea which could raise the digesta passage level, and reduce digestion and absorption of dietary nu