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Effect of Dietary Fiber Sources on In-Vitro Fermentation and Microbiota in Monogastrics.

ABSTRACT: Feed fiber composition is usually considered as one of the factors that have an impact on digestive tract microbiota composition. The investigations on the level of fermentation and in-vitro digestibility of different fibers are not well understood. The aim of the current study is to determine the effect of different fiber sources on intestinal nutrient digestibility, hindgut fermentation, and microbial community composition under in vitro conditions using pigs' hindgut as a model. The experimental treatment diets contained alfalfa hay, cornstalk, and rice straw. Cornstalk treatment displayed higher digestibility compared to alfalfa hay and rice straw; similar results were observed with in-vitro digestibility using intestinal digesta. Firmicutes were the most abundant phyla (Firmicutes = 89.2%), and Lactobacillus were the prominent genera (75.2%) in response to alfalfa compared to rice straw and cornstalk treatments. In simulated in-vitro digestion, corn stalk fiber improved dry matter digestibility; rice straw fiber improved volatile fatty acid content and fermentation efficiency. Alfalfa fiber improved the thickness of deposited Firmicutes and Lactobacillus.

SUBMITTER: Ngalavu A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7222809 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effect of Dietary Fiber Sources on In-Vitro Fermentation and Microbiota in Monogastrics.

Ngalavu Asavela A Jiang Hailong H El-Ashram Saeed S Tellez-Isaias Guillermo G Farouk Mohammed Hamdy MH Nyingwa Pakama Siphelele PS Seidu Adams A Tyasi Thobela Louis TL

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20200413 4

Feed fiber composition is usually considered as one of the factors that have an impact on digestive tract microbiota composition. The investigations on the level of fermentation and in-vitro digestibility of different fibers are not well understood. The aim of the current study is to determine the effect of different fiber sources on intestinal nutrient digestibility, hindgut fermentation, and microbial community composition under in vitro conditions using pigs' hindgut as a model. The experimen ...[more]

PMID: 32294893

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Effect of Dietary Fiber Sources on In-Vitro Fermentation and Microbiota in Monogastrics.

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Effect of Dietary Fiber Sources on In-Vitro Fermentation and Microbiota in Monogastrics.

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