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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Intestinal structure and function of broiler chickens on diets supplemented with a mannan oligosaccharide
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Volume 81, No. 12, Year 2001
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A study was conducted to evaluate the response of broiler chickens to a commercial synthetic mannan oligosaccharide, Bio-Mos™ (BM), included in sorghum/lupin-based diets at 0.0, 1.0, 3.0 or 5.0g kg-1 diet. The diets were fed between 7 and 28 days of age, and both the gross response and mechanisms involved were evaluated. The highest level of BM in the diet resulted in longer (P < 0.01) jejunal villi than those observed at other levels of supplementation. The RNA content of the ileal mucosal homogenate was significantly greater (P < 0.05) in chicks raised on diets supplemented with 3.0 and 5.0g BMkg-1 diet than in other groups. The protein/DNA ratio of the jejunal mucosal homogenate was also higher (P < 0.05) in chicks fed the 1.0g BMkg-1 diet than in chicks fed the other diets. The protein/RNA and RNA/DNA ratios in ileal homogenates were significantly (P < 0.01) influenced by the presence of BM in the diet. There were significantly greater specific activities of maltase (P < 0.01), leucine aminopeptidase (P < 0.05) and alkaline phosphatase (P < 0.001) in the jejunum as a result of supplementation with BM. Digestive enzyme activities in the ileum were unaffected. L-Tryptophan uptake by jejunal brush-border membrane vesicles was significantly higher (P < 0.01) in chicks raised on the 5.0g BMkg-1 diet than in the other chicks. The supplement led to minor improvement in body weight but no improvement in feed conversion ratio. These effects were related to changes in digestive enzyme activities and, perhaps, amino acid transport. © 2001 Society of Chemical Industry.
Authors & Co-Authors
Iji, Paul Ade
Australia, Adelaide
The University of Adelaide
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Saki, Aliasghar
Australia, Adelaide
The University of Adelaide
Tivey, D. R.
Australia, Adelaide
The University of Adelaide
Statistics
Citations: 261
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/jsfa.925
ISSN:
00225142
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics