There are many enzyme products available on the market, all making various claims of efficacy, both qualitatively and quantitatively. However, the nomenclature is often confusing. A simple, comprehensive generic nomenclature, specifying acronyms for...

01 oct 2003

Until recently, "versatility" and enzymes had little in common. Through a great deal of internal and external research, Adisseo has identified that a number of enzymes in less dominant concentrations than the common zylanases and β-glucanases can sig...

01 oct 2003

How do you meet legislative and consumer demands whilst maximising health and productivity? Developing an effective solution requires that all available venues are examined and traditional approaches re-assessed. In Belgium, this has resulted in the...

01 jun 2003

There are four main strategies in tackling the problem of phytate in cereal grains. To date, only phytase addition to feed has attained serious commercial success. Two have focused on the development of phytase-containing or low-phytate seeds. One no...

01 oct 2002

Phytase is a long established feed enzyme and no one would doubt its efficacy in increasing the availability of phosphorus in plant materials. Thorough knowledge of phytic acid and phytate chemistry, particularly in feed formulations and in intestina...

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

Aquaculture requires the same high nutritional standards as does the production of other species - and in environmental terms even more so. New research demonstrates the benefits of phytase in achieving premium quality plant-based aquafeeds with mini...

01 oct 2002

The swine nutrition group at Texas Tech University is conducting research to characterize the benefits of dietary supplementation of exogenous enzymes targeting flatulence-producing factors in soybean meal. ADG, gain/feed ratio, villus height in the ...

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

Enzyme use in animal production shows tremendous promise to improve production efficiency and minimise nutrient wastage. Enzymes are already an important component in the processing of many plant and animal by products as well as common feedstuffs.

01 apr 2002