The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the addition of xylanase enzyme (Econase XT25) on the metabolism of nutrients and the performance of laying hens from 24 to 48 weeks of age. It was used 288 laying hens, distributed in a completely randomized design in a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement, with two levels of metabolizable energy (2,900 and 2,755 kcal/kg) combined or not with addition of xylanase enzyme (37.5 g/t of ration), totaling four treatments […]

The aim of this study was to evaluate the inclusion of an enzimatic complex in diets for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) on performance, carcass chemical composition as well as water quality. The experiment was performed in 62 days. It was used two hundred reverted fingerlings (14.57 ± 1.24 g) distributed in a complete randomized design in 20 500 L-tanks with four treatments and five replicates, considering a box with 10 fish as a experimental unit. The fish were fed diets […]

Three experiments were carried out to evaluate the effect of adding enzymatic complex (EC) on the nutritive value of soybean hulls (SH) in starting pig feeding. The enzyme complex used contained α-galactosidase, β-glucanase, galactomananase and xilanase. In experiment 1, the digestibility of soy bean hull with addition of enzyme complex was determined at three levels (0, 200 and 300 mg/kg), using piglets with initial body weight of 22.49 ± 1.73 kg. None of the enzyme complex levels affected the soy […]

An efficient digestion and nutrients absorption, coupled with good animal health status, are fundamental needs in the competitive animal protein industry. Poor absorption of nutrients cause economic losses, and are a source of imbalance in the microbial intestinal microflora, opening doors to diarrhea and other intestinal diseases, or even facilitating systemic problems of animal health. These problems become even more critical in the current scenario of increased risk with the progressive restriction of the use of antibiotic growth promoters around […]

Minerals, including trace-elements, and vitamins are currently introduced into the pig diet in order to obtain suitable performances for the modern pig genotype bred in confinement. Most of the mineral and vitamin contents of cereals and usual protein compounds are characterized by their poor and variable availability. Supplemental diets are then usually needed. This paper, based on literature data, reviews the pig requirement for minerals and vitamins in order to ensure economic and profitable performance. Recent research has focused on […]

The objective was to assess the effect of probiotic or phytase supplementation on dry matter intake (DMI), average daily gain (ADG) and feed conversion (FC) in 24 Mangalarga Marchador foals (16 males, 8 females), with 241.6 ± 23.2 days of age, and 216.7 ± 27.8 kg of body weight (BW). The study lasted 28 days, the first 23 days for diet and handling adaptation, and the last five days for feces collection. The basal diet consisted of Cynodon pasture and […]

The effect of diets with mannan oligosaccharides (MOS) and enzymatic complex (EC) on performance, intestinal morphology and litter quality of 42-day-old broilers was evaluated. Seven hundred and fifty birds were used in a completely randomized design and 2 × 2 +1 factorial arrangement, with two MOS levels (0 and 0.1% from 1 to 21 days of age and 0.05% from 22 to 42 days of age), two EC levels (0 and 0.05%) and a diet with antibiotics (PC), totaling five […]

This experiment analyzed the enzymatic activity of the exogenous protease in the fish digestive tract and, afterwards, it was also evaluated the growth performance of tucunaré paca (Cichla sp.) juvenile by the addition of four exogenous protease levels to a control diet with 40% CP. To evaluate the best enzyme inclusion level, four pelleted diets were elaborated with the following exogenous protease levels (0.00, 0.05, 0.10 and 0.15%), in a completely randomized design in a 4 × 4 factorial arrangement. […]

The ileal digestibility and retention of some nutrients and the energy content were evaluated in diets for broilers containing mannan oligosaccharides (MOS) and/or enzymatic complex (EC). Two hundred and seventy-five birds were used in a randomized complete block design, with factorial arrangement (2 x 2 + 1) of the treatments, with two MOS levels (0 and 0.1%), two EC levels (0 and 0.05%) and a positive control diet with antibiotics. Chromic oxide (0.5%) was added to the diets to estimate […]

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of multienzymatic complex (MC) addition in diets with different types of extruded soybeans on the energy values and nutrient digestibility coefficients for broiler chicks. A total of 288 Avian Farms males broiler chicks averaging eight days old was allotted to a 3 x 2 factorial arrangement (under, standard and over processed extruded full fat soybean-based diets with and without MC, in a total of six treatments with eight replicates and six birds […]