
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rogel, AM 
A1  - Annison, EF 
A1  - Bryden, WL 
A1  - Balnave, D 
T1  - The digestion of wheat starch in broiler chickens
JF  - Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
JO  - Aust. J.  Agric. Res.
Y1  - 1987
VL  - 38
IS  - 3
SP  - 639
EP  - 649
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9870639 
N2  - Apparent metabolizable energy (AME) of wheat for 6-week-old male broiler chickens was highly correlated with starch digestibility when pelleted diets containing 820 g wheat per kg were fed. Starch isolated from low-AME wheats was hydrolysed in vitro by chicken pancreatic amylase as rapidly as starch from high-AME wheats. When included in semi-purified diets the isolated starches were completely digestible. Digestibility of starch was poor and highly variable when 3-week-old chickens were fed unpelleted wheat diets, but improved with age. Oat hulls improved the digestibility of starch in young chickens fed unpelleted diets. 
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