Enzyme use in animal feeds has been around for a while, with the first reports of an enzyme product, being used in the 1920s. In the 50s and 60s, pioneering researches demonstrated the effects of enzyme addition to animal feeds, with early studies on the use of phytases for improving phosphorus availability in plant feed ingredients conducted in the early 1970s. The enzyme preparations employed in these studies were crude enzymes and only available in limited amounts. It was another 10 to 20 years later when the nonstarch polysaccharide (NSP) and phytase enzymes became available in industrial quantities.
During the past 30 years, the chemical nature of the compounds found in feedstuffs has been studied and provided the basis to create products, specific for individual substrates. With the recent developments in the areas of biotechnology and molecular biology, it is now possible to mass-produce feed enzymes for use in industrial animal diet formulations. In the present article, we will go over some of the key points regarding the implementation of enzymes in the current feed production industry, with an emphasis on enzyme termostability, but firstly…
Enzymes are a group of proteins known to catalyse more than 5,000 biochemical reaction types. In the animal feed industry, unquestionably the most commonly used enzyme is phytase. This enzyme catalyses the hydrolysis of phytic acid (high phosphorus compound found in abundance in grains, oil seeds and other plant origin fodders, that is normally indigestible by animals), while releasing the more utilizable inorganic phosphorus as a reaction product. In order to withstand the harsh temperatures of the feed pelleting processes, enzymes can be coated or intrinsically thermostable. However, for the purpose of achieving maximum efficacy, the latter are preferred.
Investigating the effect of β-mannanase enzyme feed additive on broiler performance.
Prof. Sabka Surdjiiska
Др. И. Христаков
Доц. д–р Иванка Желева Желязкова
Доц. д–р Владимир Георгиев Хвърчилков
Тракийски Университет – Стара Загора
Аграрен Факултет
Резюме
ВемоХерб Т е сух екстракт, от целенасочено и научно обосновано подбрани и комбинирани български лекарствени растения, производство на фирма „Вемо 99” ООД, София, България. Продуктът съдържа сапонини, стероли, флавоноиди, дъбилни вещества, полифеноли и др. Действа като натурален афродизиак, повишава либидото и еректилната фунция, повлиява положително обема на еякулата, броя и подвижността на сперматозоидите, стимулира производството на тестостерон и фертилни полови клетки.
The aim of this research is to determine the effect on productivity of pigs, when supplemented with the biologically active herbal feed additive VemoHerb BP to compound feed.
The abundance of unique herbs in our country provides for the opportunity to manufacture feed additives, applicable in livestock breeding, which can successfully substitute for the already banned antibiotics, used for many years as growth stimulants.
The aim of this research is to determine the effect on productivity of pigs, when supplemented with the biologically active herbal feed additive VemoHerb BP to compound feed.
Резюме: ВемоХерб Т е сух екстракт, от целенасочено и научно обосновано подбрани и комбинирани български лекарствени растения, производство на фирма „Вемо 99” ООД, София, България.
Продуктът съдържа сапонини, стероли, флавоноиди, дъбилни вещества, полифеноли и др. Действа като натурален афродизиак, повишава либидото и еректилната фунция, повлиява положително обема на еякулата, броя и подвижността на сперматозоидите, стимулира производството на тестостерон и фертилни полови клетки.
In the last decades, a lot of studies have been conducted in relation to the use of exogenous enzymes in birds feeding. The effect of using NSP-enzymes and Phytase has been proven in a very convincing way. Nowadays, scientific researches have been redirected to ptotease. The arguments for that are very solid. The material costs of the feed for broilers have increased, as well as the price of soybean meal, which is a major source of protein in the blends for poultry. This requires seeking of new opportunities for reducing the content of soybean meal in the feeding of birds by compensating with better digestibility. In the past it was thought that birds produce enough protease for the digestion and the absorption of the protein ratio. However, there is recent data on the mechanism of their action and the need for protease has increased. The obtained results have been influenced by various factors such as the type of protease (acid, alkaline, neutral), its activity and dose, composition of the compound feed to which it was added (are other exogenous enzymes involved), age of birds, etc.
The application of phytase dates back to 1990. New aspect that has attracted the attention of scientists is the unconventional high doses of phytase, the effects of which can be significant. The concept of super doses of phytase was launched in 2012. These are doses higher than 1500 phytase Units/kg feed, or 3-4 times higher than previously recommended. The authors explain this fact with the presence of extra phosphorus, an effect probably due to the better digestibility of amino acids. They consider that some of these effects may be due to mechanisms including myo-inositol (energy source), as well as the complete degradation of phytate to inositol.
Since ancient times remedial plants and extracts are used in folk medicine. In the conditions of intensive stock breeding, times of complete ban of the application of antibiotic growth promoters, and demands of the market for animal products without drug residues, scientists drew their attention back to medicinal plants as a source of biologically active substances with certain physiological effects. They are a good prerequisite for the development of bio or organic stock breeding.
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