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Table 1 Main ingredients (% DM) in the experimental diets.1

From: Influence of Cereal Non-Starch Polysaccharides on Ileo-Caecal and Rectal Microbial Populations in Growing Pigs

  

NSP content

 

Control diet (C)

Low, insoluble (Li)

Low, normal (L)

High, insoluble (Hi)

High, normal (H)

Barley

51.6

1.1

-

2.4

-

Oats

-

4.9

-

10.0

-

Oat meal

-

-

24.2

-

48.3

Oat bran

-

-

10.8

-

21.5

Rye bran

-

-

8.3

-

16.5

Triticale

21.8

17.3

-

34.6

-

Wheat

20.9

8.2

-

15.8

-

Wheat bran

-

14.4

4.6

28.7

9.2

Starch

-

43.0

41.4

-

-

Rape seed oil

-

-

-

5.0

1.3

Fish meal

2.6

8.9

8.7

0.6

0.4

  1. 1 Control diet, Low (low total content of Non-Starch Polysaccharides, NSP), High (high total content of NSP), normal (similar amount of insoluble NSP as the control diet) and insoluble (high amount of insoluble NSP).