Abstract
A previous study suggested that addition of fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) to the diet improved nitrogen (N) utilization and decreased acid detergent fiber (ADF) digestibility in guinea pigs. The present study was conducted to clarify the relationship between ADF digestibility and gastrointestinal mean retention time (MRT) in guinea pigs under FOS supplementation. Adult male guinea pigs were fed a commercial diet (50g/day) with either 5% glucose (glucose group) or 5% FOS (FOS group) for 12days in individual metabolism cages. Unlike the glucose group, N utilization improved, but ADF digestibility significantly (P<0.05) decreased in the FOS group. MRT of solid digesta also significantly (P<0.05) decreased in the FOS group compared with that in the glucose group. We concluded that reduction of MRT of solid digesta containing FOS decreased ADF digestibility in guinea pigs.
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