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The Effect of Feeding Barley Fractions on Viscosity and Non-Starch Polysaccharide Levels in Broiler Chickens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

S.T. Petersen ,
J. Wiseman  and
M. Bedford
S.T. Petersen
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Horticulture, University of NottinghamSutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leics LE12 5RD
J. Wiseman
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Horticulture, University of NottinghamSutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leics LE12 5RD
M. Bedford
Affiliation:
Finnfeeds International, Market House, Ailesbury Court, High Street, Marl borough, Wilts SN8 1AA.
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Non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) which have been linked to antinutritional activity through elevated viscosity of intestinal contents may be found in greater amounts in certain regions of the cereal grain specifically the endosperm cell wall (Forrest & Wainwright 1977; Mulder, Hotten et al 1991).

The current series of experiments was designed to investigate whether different levels of barley fractions contained within standard diets would influence the viscosity of broiler digesta and to examine the NSP content of the fractions and digesta supernatants.

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Poultry
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1994 , March 1994 , pp. 48
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1994

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