Table 1

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


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 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).

Högberg et al. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2004 45:87   doi:10.1186/1751-0147-45-87