EFFECTS OF WHEAT PENTOSANS ON ENDOGENOUS AMINO-ACID LOSSES IN CHICKENS

Authors
ANGKANAPORN K CHOCT M BRYDEN WL ANNISON EF ANNISON G
Citation
K. Angkanaporn et al., EFFECTS OF WHEAT PENTOSANS ON ENDOGENOUS AMINO-ACID LOSSES IN CHICKENS, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 66(3), 1994, pp. 399-404
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture,"Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture → ACNP
ISSN journal
00225142
Volume
66
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
399 - 404
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-5142(1994)66:3<399:EOWPOE>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The effects of wheat pentosans on protein digestibility and endogenous amino acid losses in precision-fed chickens was investigated using th e homo-arginine marker technique. Addition of pentosans equivalent to 15 g and 35 g of wheat arabinoxylans per kg diet significantly depress ed (P < 0.05) the overall digestibility of amino acids and increased ( P < 0.05) endogenous losses of amino acids, but the inclusion of cellu lose or polyethylene polymer (92 g per kg diet) had no measurable effe cts.