Animal feed compositions and uses thereof
AssigneesDsm IP Assets B.V., Novozymes A/S
InventorsRaffaella AURELI, Rual LOPEZ-ULIBARRI, Estefania PEREZ CALVO
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a composition and/or an animal feed comprising polypeptides having muramidase activity and polypeptides having xylanase activity and uses thereof.
Claims18
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A method of improving flock uniformity and/or meat quality of a monogastric animal comprising administering to the animal a composition, an animal feed or an animal feed additive comprising one or more microbial muramidases.
A method of improving flock uniformity and/or meat quality of a monogastric animal comprising administering to the animal a composition, an animal feed or an animal feed additive comprising one or more microbial muramidases, wherein:
- (a) the microbial muramidase is a microbial muramidase comprising one or more domains selected from the list consisting of GH24 and GH25, is dosed at a level of 300 to 500 mg enzyme protein per kg animal feed;
- (b) the monogastric animal is a selected from the group consisting of swine, piglet, growing pig, sow, chicken, broiler, layer, pullet and chick;
- (c) optionally the microbial muramidase is fed to the animal on a daily basis for at least 10 days during the life span of the animal.
A method of improving flock uniformity and/or meat quality of a monogastric animal comprising administering to the animal a composition, an animal feed or an animal feed additive comprising one or more microbial muramidases, wherein:
- (a) the microbial muramidase is a GH24 or GH25 muramidase obtained or obtainable from the phylum Ascomycota, and is dosed at a level of 300 to 500 mg enzyme protein per kg animal feed;
- (b) the monogastric animal is a selected from the group consisting of swine, piglet, growing pig, sow, chicken, broiler, layer, pullet and chick;
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- (c) the footpad dermatitis is reduced by at least 1% compared to the negative control.
Use of a composition, an animal feed or an animal feed additive for improving flock uniformity and/or meat quality of a monogastric animal wherein the composition, the animal feed or the animal feed additive comprises one or more microbial muramidases.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.