Abstract
Two pentosan-rich fractions (water-extractable, WEP, and alkali-extractable, AEP) were isolated from a wheat milling by-product. When both WEP and AEP were added to a commercial-type broiler diet the apparent metabolizable energy (AME), nitrogen retention, feed utilization and growth of broilers were significantly ('P'≺ 0.001) depressed. These depressions were closely correlated ('P' ≺ 0.001) to the level of pentosans in the diets. At the highest level of inclusion of pentosans (equivalent to 40 g arabinoxylans as AEP/kg) the ileal digestibilities of starch, protein and lipid were decreased by 14.6, 18.7 and 25.8% respectively.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 123-132 |
| Journal | British Journal of Nutrition |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1992 |
Keywords
- Animal Nutrition
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