Use of resistant starches for enhancement of resident microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract

摘要

Improved method of enhancing a population of one or more target microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal. The improvement comprises providing to the animal a selected modified or unmodified resistant high amylose starch or mixtures thereof, such that the one or more microorganisms will selectively utilise the starch and/or increase in number and/or activity in the gastrointestinal tract, either uniformly throughout the gastrointestinal tract or at specific site or regions.