Two enzyme products used widely in the poultry industry to improve the digestibility of wheat- and maize-based diets have been found to have additional effects on the numbers of bacteria in the gut of broilers that can cause food poisoning in huma...

01 feb 2003

A lack of standardised methods for measuring activity in enzyme products and finished feeds is making feed enzyme use more complex than it needs to be. Adopting a "single currency" of enzyme activity will make understanding and using feed enzymes muc...

01 oct 2002

Why are enzymes so widely used in the feed industry? What progress can be made in the application of these enzymes? What new developments can be expected in this field? The right balance between our current state of knowledge about enzymes modes of a...

01 oct 2002

Accurately predicting the feed quality of wheat has long been a challenge to poultry feed producers. Wheat quality prediction using near infrared spectroscopy enables feed producers to rapidly and cost effectively measure wheat quality at the feed mi...

01 oct 2002

The term “nutraceutical” does not have any official standing, which opens up a number of questions on the dilemma facing all involved in the industry. Is there a legal definition of a nutraceutical? How do nutraceuticals differ from either a nutrien...

01 dec 2001

Exogenous enzymes have become a popular tool for releasing nutrients from feed, and there is much scientific literature supporting their use. However, are non-starch polysaccharidedegrading enzymes being exploited to their full potential? Scientists...

01 dec 2001

In modern feeding scenarios, the conditions within the rumen often fall outside the range for maximum fibre digestion by the rumen microflora. A more complete understanding of the mode of action of enzymes will allow development of low-cost enzyme pr...

01 apr 2001