“…The diets were incorporated in the form of powder and they were well accepted, as the rats remained without any ill-health, but large faecal mass was S t a r c h 3 6 0 , 0 0 2 6 0 , 0 0 2 6 0 , 0 0 2 6 0 , 0 0 2 6 0 , 0 0 S u c r o s e 3 0 0 , 0 0 3 0 0 , 0 0 3 0 0 , 0 0 3 0 0 , 0 0 3 0 0 , 0 0 C a s e i n 2 0 0 , 0 0 2 0 0 , 0 0 2 0 0 , 0 0 2 0 0 , 0 0 2 0 0 , 0 0 M a i z e o i l 8 0 , 0 0 8 0 , 0 0 8 0 , 0 0 8 0 , 0 0 8 0 , 0 0 M i n e r a l m i x t u r e b 4 0 , 0 0 4 0 , 0 0 4 0 , 0 0 4 0 , 0 0 4 0 , 0 0 V i t a m i n e m i x t u r e b 2 0 , 0 0 2 0 , 0 0 2 0 , 0 0 2 0 , 0 0 2 0 , 0 0 D i e t a r y f i b r e ------1 0 0 , 0 0 1 0 0 , 0 0 1 0 0 , 0 0 1 0 0 , 0 0 N.B. 100g dietary fibres in tested samples are replaced for 100g starch in the a Johnson and Gee (1986) b Jwanny et al (1996) present. The results in table III showed that, at the end of feeding period, the weight gain and food intake of the rats fed on the 4 experimental diets have highly significant decrease than those rats fed the control diet.…”