resistance of microencapsulated fish oil (mfo) in the rumen and its effects on fermentability of nutrients in the rumen was studied in 3 experiments. the key parameter in these studies was the amount of oil released from the microcapsules and their effects on gas production and rumen degradability in comparison with unprotected fish oil (fo). in the first experiment the effect of rumen and abom...

BACKGROUND Soluble fibers lower serum lipids, but are difficult to incorporate into products acceptable to consumers. We investigated the physiological effects of a concentrated oat beta-glucan on cardiovascular disease (CVD) endpoints in human subjects. We also compared the fermentability of concentrated oat beta-glucan with inulin and guar gum in a model intestinal fermentation system. METH...

The biological, chemical and physical properties of dietary fibers are associated with physiologic actions in the small and large intestine that have important metabolic implications for health. These properties of fiber include dispersibility in water, bulk, viscosity, adsorption and binding of compounds and fermentability. Dietary fructans share some of the properties of dietary fiber and thu...

The experiment was conducted to understand ruminal effects of diet modification during moderate milk fat depression (MFD) and 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)-butanoic acid (HMTBa) isoacids on alleviating MFD. Five ruminally cannulated cows were used in a 5 × Latin square design with the following dietary treatments (dry matter basis): high-forage low-starch control 1.5% safflower oil (HF-C); low-forag...