Relationship between the quantity and quality of carbohydrates and the digestible energy content of wheats for weaner pigs
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2001
Conference Title
Eighth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association
Place of Publication
Adelaide
ISBN
0 957 7226-1-3
ISSN
1324-9177
Keywords
pigs, swine
Disciplines
Meat Science
Abstract
Both the quantity and the quality of non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) of wheat are known to influence the apparent metabolisable energy (AME) content for broiler chickens (Annison, 1991). The quantity of NSP and composition of the soluble NSP fraction are negatively correlated to the AME value of wheat (Choct and Annison, 1990; Annison, 1991). It is thought that the branching structure of starch (amylopectin) and arabinoxylan (arabinose branching from a xylose backbone), which is the major NSP in wheat, may disturb the close packing between the polysaccharide polymer chains making it more digestible than a less-branched polysaccharide structure (Bacic and Stone, 1981). The aim of this study was to establish correlations between the quantity and quality of carbohydrates and the digestible energy (DE) content of wheats fed to weaner pigs.
Recommended Citation
Kim, J C,
Mullan, B P,
Simmins, P H,
and
Pluske, J R.
(2001), Relationship between the quantity and quality of carbohydrates and the digestible energy content of wheats for weaner pigs, Eighth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association, Adelaide, pp.203-203.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/conf_papers/209
