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Comparative effects of a high-amylose starch and a fructooligosaccharide on fecal bifidobacteria numbers and short-chain fatty acids in pigs fed Bifidobacterium animalis.

Digestive diseases and sciences ·Vol. 54 ·No. 5 ·2009-05-00 ·Pages 947-54

Bird AR, Vuaran M, Crittenden R, Hayakawa T, Playne MJ, Brown IL, Topping DL

Abstract

Pigs were fed a freeze-dried probiotic (Bifidobacterium animalis CSCC 1941) plus a high-amylose maize starch (HAMS) and a fructooligosaccharide (FOS) separately or together. Fecal output and total and individual major short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) concentrations and excretion were higher and pH was lower with HAMS than with FOS relative to when they were fed a low-amylose maize starch (LAMS; control). Fecal bifidobacteria numbers and total excretion were equally higher during feeding of FOS or HAMS and highest with HAMS + FOS. When probiotic supplementation was stopped, bifidobacteria numbers declined rapidly when they were fed LAMS, more slowly with FOS or HAMS, and were maintained with HAMS + FOS. The data confirm that both HAMS and FOS are prebiotics and suggest that they act through different mechanisms and that they are most effective in combination. However only HAMS raises fecal SCFA.

MeSH Terms
Acetates/metabolism Amylose/administration & dosage,metabolism Animal Feed Animals Bifidobacterium/growth & development,metabolism Butyrates/metabolism Eating Fatty Acids/metabolism Feces/chemistry,microbiology Freeze Drying Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Male Oligosaccharides/administration & dosage,metabolism Probiotics/administration & dosage Propionates/metabolism Swine Time Factors Weight Gain
Chemicals
Acetates Butyrates Fatty Acids Oligosaccharides Propionates fructooligosaccharide Amylose
Authors & Affiliations
7 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Bird Anthony R
Co-operative Research Centre for Food Industry Innovation, CSIRO Human Nutrition, Kintore Avenue, P.O. Box 10041, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
Vuaran Michelle
Crittenden Ross
Hayakawa Takashi
Playne Martin J
Brown Ian L
Topping David L
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Article Info
Journal
Digestive diseases and sciences
Abbr.
Dig Dis Sci
ISSN
1573-2568
DOI
10.1007/s10620-008-0451-3
Published
2009-05-00
Epub
2008-00-17
Pages
947-54
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7902782
Subset
IM
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