Title : ( Effect of micronization and meal size of corn grain on glycemic response and in vitro hindgut acidosis potential in horses )
Authors: Fahimeh Varasteh , Seyed Hadi Ebrahimi , Abbas Ali Naserian , Saeed Zerehdaran , Vahideh Heidarian Miri ,Abstract
This study aimed to 1) evaluate the interaction of corn grain micronization and starch levels per meal on equine plasma glucose, and 2) determine if micronization affects the risk of hindgut acidosis. Six mature (aged 6 to 10 years), healthy, non-pregnant mares (initial body weight [BW]: 301 to 463 kg) were used in a 2×3 factorial cross-over design. The treatments included two forms of corn grain (ground and micronized flaked) at three levels of starch (1, 1.5, and 2 g/kg BW per meal). The blood was sampled before and 30, 60, 90, 120, 180, 240, and 300 min after morning feeding and the glucose concentration in the plasma was determined. Small intestine and hindgut dry matter (DM) disappearances of ground and micronized corn were also compared using in vitro techniques. Micronized flaked corn grain showed three times more in vitro enzymatic DM disappearance (P < 0.001) compared with ground corn. Residues of in vitro enzymatic digestion of micronized flaked corn fermented 38.59 % faster than ground corn during in vitro hindgut incubation. The horses that consumed micronized flaked corn had higher post-prandial plasma glucose concentrations (P < 0.001). Increasing starch levels per meal from 1-2 g/kg BW resulted in higher plasma glucose concentrations (P = 0.005). However, no interaction of processing and starch meal size was found. Overall, processing the corn grain by micronization or increasing starch level per meal increased the plasma glucose concentrations, but the magnitude of the increases did not match that expected from in vitro studies
Keywords
Equine feeding; Hindgut starch fermentation; Infrared radiation; Plasma glucose@article{paperid:1096923,
author = {Varasteh, Fahimeh and Ebrahimi, Seyed Hadi and Naserian, Abbas Ali and Zerehdaran, Saeed and وحیده حیدریان میری},
title = {Effect of micronization and meal size of corn grain on glycemic response and in vitro hindgut acidosis potential in horses},
journal = {Journal of Equine Veterinary Science},
year = {2024},
volume = {132},
month = {January},
issn = {0737-0806},
keywords = {Equine feeding; Hindgut starch fermentation; Infrared radiation; Plasma glucose},
}
%0 Journal Article
%T Effect of micronization and meal size of corn grain on glycemic response and in vitro hindgut acidosis potential in horses
%A Varasteh, Fahimeh
%A Ebrahimi, Seyed Hadi
%A Naserian, Abbas Ali
%A Zerehdaran, Saeed
%A وحیده حیدریان میری
%J Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
%@ 0737-0806
%D 2024