Effect of dietary fibre on protein and fat digestibility and its consequences on diet formulation for growing and fattening pigs: A review

Feeding Brassica juncea or Brassica napus canola meal at increasing dietary inclusions to growing-finishing gilts and barrows

“…Apparent (AID) and standardised ileal digestibility (SID) of most amino acids have been reported to be similar between B. juncea and B. napus CM, whereas SID of some AA are greater for B. juncea than B. napus CM (Trindade Neto et al, 2012;Le et al, 2012;Zhou et al, 2014b). The increased digestibility of B. juncea CM is likely due to its lower fibre content (Le et al, 2012;Landero et al, 2013), in agreement with previous data indicating reduced digestibility of nutrients and energy when dietary fibre content increased (Dégen et al, 2007). However, Trindade Neto et al (2012) discussed that the difference in digestibility of AA between B. juncea and B. napus CM could not be explained by differences in fibre content, but no other explanation was provided.…”

Dried chicory root has minor effects on the digestibility of nutrients and the composition of the microflora at the terminal ileum and in faeces of growing pigs

“…Generally, inclusion of dietary fibre reduces the fat digestibility due to the increased bacterial biomass (Dégen et al, 2007). However, it has also been found that increasing the solubility of fibre reduces the detrimental effect of dietary fibre on the fat digestibility (Högberg and Lindberg, 2004).…”

Development of baked and extruded functional foods from metabolic syndrome specific ingredient mix

“…Extruded snack prepared from ingredient mixes 11, 13 and 22 and noodles prepared from ingredient mixes 11 and 19 were having comparable protein digestibility than their corresponding control. Degen et al (2007) reported that soluble fibre reduced the apparent and true ileal digestibility of proteins and amino acids. Hence, foods rich in fibre might help in reducing the symptoms of hypercholesterolemia due to decreased digestibility.…”