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Pet food and feed applications of inulin, oligofructose and other oligosaccharides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

E. A. Flickinger  and
G. C. Fahey Jr
E. A. Flickinger
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, 132 Animal Sciences Laboratory, 1207 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana IL 61801, USA
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Prebiotics may be considered as functional food ingredients. They are attracting considerable interest from pet owners, pet food manufacturers, livestock producers and feed manufacturers. The most common forms of prebiotics are nondigestible oligosaccharides (NDO), including inulin, oligofructose mannanoligosaccharides, gluco-oligosaccharides, and galacto-oligosaccharides. These NDO are nondigestible by enzymes present in the mammalian small intestine, but are fermented by bacteria present in the hindgut of nonruminants. Inulin and oligofructose are present in measurable quantities in feed ingredients like wheat, wheat by-products, barley, and peanut hulls. Consumption of prebiotic oligosaccharides elicits several purported health benefits. In companion animals, prebiotics have been shown to improve gut microbial ecology and enhance stool quality. In production livestock and poultry, prebiotics are employed to control pathogenic bacteria, reduce faecal odour, and enhance growth performance. Research to date indicates positive effects of prebiotics on health status and performance of companion animals, livestock, and poultry.

Keywords

PrebioticsFructansAnimal nutrition
Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 87 , Issue S2 , May 2002 , pp. S297 - S300
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2002

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