Meta-analysis was performed on starch digestion data in the rumen, small intestine and hind gut of dairy cows.
Rumen starch digestibility was affected by starch source and decreased with increasing starch intake.
Small intestinal starch digestibility was affected by starch source and positively correlated to rumen starch digestibility.
Hind gut starch digestibility was positively correlated to rumen starch digestibility but not affected by starch source.
The meta-analysis provides a starch digestion sub-model that can be used in mechanistic non-linear feed evaluation systems.