Livestock Enzyme Feed Additives

enzymes as feed additives: The carbohydrase class of enzymes includes xylanases, glucanases, and amylases. They act in the stomach to break down and degrade carbohydrates such as fibre, starch, and non-starch polysaccharides into simple sugars that provide energy for use by the animal.

Enzymes that are used in animal nutrition (feed enzymes), are considered feed additives. Production and marketing of feed additives – and thus feed enzymes – are regulated. The animal feed industry uses enzymes that degrade crude fibre, starch, proteins, and phytates, and being proteins, they are eventually digested or excreted by the animal, having no residual effect on products like meat or egg.

Advantages of using in-feed enzymes: Enhancing feed with enzymes will assist the animal in hydrolysing the protein to peptides and amino acids, therefore, improving ingestion and neutralising the impacts of ANFs.

Producers need to maximise that time efficiently in order to meet increased protein requirements, including getting the most out of the feed. Producers have to be compelled to get smarter concerning optimising animal production in a very property manner — and enzymes supply a chance to try to that.