Do feed enzymes improve the nutritive value of soybean meal in broiler diets?

Title
Do feed enzymes improve the nutritive value of soybean meal in broiler diets?
Publication Date
2001
Author(s)
Kocher, A
Choct, Mingan
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2242-8222
Email: mchoct@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:mchoct
Editor
Editor(s): D Balnave, EF Annison, WL Bryden, DJ Farrell, DR Fraser, RJ Hughes, RAE Pym, BL Sheldon
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
University of Sydney
Place of publication
Sydney, Australia
UNE publication id
une:17678
Abstract
Two feed enzymes (Enzyme A, a multi-activity glycanase and Enzyme B, an experimental product containing mainly galactanase) were added at the recommended level and five times above this level to broiler diets containing soyabean meal (SBM) as the sole protein source. Enzyme B at both inclusion levels and Enzyme A at the high dosage improved (P<0.05) the apparent metabolisable energy (AME) of the diet but not the growth rate or the feed conversion ratio (FCR) of the birds. Both enzymes increased the amount of free sugars in the ileum. However, the increase was only significant (P<0.05) when enzymes were added at the high dosage. The addition of both enzymes reduced (P<0.05) the concentration of insoluble non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) in the ileum, whereas the concentration of soluble NSP was only reduced (P<0.05) when Enzyme B was added.
Link
Citation
Proceedings of the Australian Poultry Science Symposium, v.13, p. 204-207
ISSN
1034-6260
1034-3466
Start page
204
End page
207

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