Abstract

Wheats used for feeding poultry differ considerably in the ratio of soluble to insoluble non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) and apparent metabolizable energy (AME). We have examined effects of whole and white flour from a wheat of low (12.02 MJ/kg of dry matter) and high (14.52 MJ/kg of dry matter) AME in rats fed a cholesterol-free diet. NSP concentrations were higher in whole flour from the low AME wheat but similar in both white flours. In contrast to chickens, food intake and body weight gain of rats were unaffected by diet. Plasma cholesterol concentrations were lower in rats fed whole wheat and low AME wheat. Cecal bile acids and neutral sterol pools were larger in rats fed whole wheat but were unaffected by wheat type. Negative correlations were found between digesta steroid pools and plasma cholesterol, consistent with greater fecal steroid excretion. Cecal digesta was greater in rats fed whole wheat and low AME wheat. Digesta pH was lower in rats fed whole wheat, but there was a significant interaction between wheat and flour type with lower pH in rats fed low AME white flour. Total volatile fatty acids (VFA) and acetate and butyrate pools were larger in rats fed whole wheat than in those fed white flour. Total and individual VFA pools were larger in rats fed low AME flours than in those fed high AME flours, apparently due to greater cecal starch fermentation in the former. Factors affecting wheat AME in chickens affect important metabolic variables in rats and may have similar actions in other species including humans.

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