Apparent digestibility coefficients of carbohydrates for white sturgeon

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Abstract

Apparent digestibility coefficients (ADCs) were determined for white sturgeons (Acipenser transmontanus) fed purified diets containing different carbohydrates. White sturgeons were fed, at a rate of 1.0% body weight!d, diets containing one of nine carbohydrates, and feces were collected by manual stripping following a 2‐week feeding period; chromium sesquioxide (Cr2O3) was used as an external indicator. The ADCs of carbohydrates, lipid, and protein were significantly affected (P < 0.05) by carbohydrate source. The ADCs of carbohydrates ranked as follows: glucose, galactose, and maltose > dextrin > fructose and sucrose > lactose and raw corn starch > cellulose. Inclusion of dietary fructose and lactose significantly reduced lipid digestibility (P < 0.05). Although protein indigestibility was significantly affected, all ADCs were greater than 92%.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Apparent digestibility coefficients of carbohydrates for white sturgeon
Series title Progressive Fish-Culturist
DOI 10.1577/1548-8640(1995)057%3C0137:ADCOCF%3E2.3.CO;2
Volume 57
Issue 2
Year Published 1995
Language English
Publisher Oxford Academic
Contributing office(s) Leetown Science Center
Description 4 p.
First page 137
Last page 140
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