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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Dietary inclusion of wheat bran arabinoxylooligosaccharides induces beneficial nutritional effects in chickens
Cereal Chemistry, Volume 85, No. 5, Year 2008
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In vivo experiments were conducted to verify whether arabinoxylooligosaccharides (AXOS) obtained as low molecular mass compounds by enzymic hydrolysis from wheat bran arabinoxylan (AX) can exert nutritional effects. Two feeding trials were performed on chickens fed diets with either wheat or maize as the main component. Supplementation of bran AXOS at either 0.5% (w/w) to the wheat-based diet or at 0.25% (w/w) to the maize-based diet diets significantly (P < 0.05) improved the feed conversion rate without increasing the body weight of the animals, thus pointing to improved nutrient utilization efficiency. The positive effect of bran AXOS supplementation on feed utilization efficiency was similar to that obtained by adding an AX-degrading xylanase directly to the wheat-based diet. No significant effect on feed utilization efficiency was obtained with another type of nondigestible oligosaccharide such as fructooligosaccharides (FOS) derived from chicory roots. Bran AXOS significantly increased the level of bifidobacteria but not total bacteria in the caeca of the chickens, an effect not observed with either xylanase or FOS addition. These data suggest that bran AXOS have beneficial nutritional effects and may act as prebiotics. © 2008 AACC International, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Courtin, Christophe M.
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Onagbesan, Okanlawon Mohammed
Belgium, Heverlee
Laboratory of Physiology and Immunology of Domestic Animals
Buyse, Johan Zoons
Belgium, Heverlee
Laboratory of Physiology and Immunology of Domestic Animals
Decuypere, Eddy M.P.
Belgium, Heverlee
Laboratory of Physiology and Immunology of Domestic Animals
van de Wiele, Tom Richard
Belgium, Ghent
Universiteit Gent
Marzorati, Massimo
Belgium, Ghent
Universiteit Gent
Verstraete, Willy Henry
Belgium, Ghent
Universiteit Gent
Delcour, Jan Arsène
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Statistics
Citations: 103
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1094/CCHEM-85-5-0607
ISSN:
00090352