Nutritional implications of D-xylose in pigs

• Published in: British journal of nutrition Vol. 66; no. 1; pp. 83 - 93
• Main Authors: Schutte, J. B., de Jong, J., Polziehn, R., Verstegen, M. W. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.07.1991
• Subjects: Animal Feed; Animal Nutrition; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Carbohydrate Metabolism; D-Xylose; Diervoeding; Digestion; Digestion - physiology; Energy Metabolism; Excretion; Fatty Acids, Volatile - metabolism; Feces - chemistry; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Ileum - metabolism; Intestinal Absorption; Intestine. Mesentery; Leerstoelgroep Diervoeding; Male; Pig; Swine - metabolism; Vertebrates: digestive system; Xylose - administration & dosage; Xylose - metabolism; Xylose - urine; D-Xylose; Excretion; Digestion; Pig; Nutrition; Digestive system; Cecum; Interaction; Gut; Ileum; Xylose; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Pentose; Carbohydrate; Artiodactyla; Ungulata; Food; Digestibility

Hemicellulose consists primarily of pentose sugars, joined together in a polysaccharide chain with d-xylose as the most abundant component. Ileal digestibility and urinary excretion of d-xylose and associated effects of this pentose sugar on ileal and faecal digestibility of dry matter (DM), organic...