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The use of different xylanase sources and a protease in wheat-based diets for weaner pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

H. Schulze
Affiliation:
Finnfeeds International Ltd., Market House, Ailesbury Court, High Street, Marlborough, Wilts, SN8 1AA, UK
G. G. Partridge
Affiliation:
Finnfeeds International Ltd., Market House, Ailesbury Court, High Street, Marlborough, Wilts, SN8 1AA, UK
B. P. Gill
Affiliation:
Meat and Livestock Commission, Winterhill House, Snowdon Drive, Milton Keynes MK6 I AX, UK
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There is much current interest in the potential of suitable in-feed enzymes to improve digestibility and productive performance in pigs. However, in order to improve the nutritional value of feed by enzyme supplementation it is important to match enzyme characteristics to both the substrates present and the animal species concerned. The main antinutritive factors in wheat are arabinoxylans and they comprise over 50% of the total NSP's in the whole grain. Since monogastric animals do not possess the endogenous enzymes to break down the cell wall structures of wheat, which consist mainly of arabinoxylans, the addition of xylan degrading enzymes should be considered. Therefore, a growth trial in weaner pigs was conducted to evaluate the effect of supplementing a pelleted wheat/soya - based diet with two different xylanase sources (Trichoderma spp.), provided at the same activity levels in a premix (xyl#l and xyl#2). A third enzyme treatment incorporated the same level of xyl#l in conjunction with a protease (pro) obtained from Bacillus subtilis.

Type
Pig Nutrition
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1996

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