Fibrous maize-based animal feed with gh30 glucuronoxylan hydrolase
AssigneeNovozymes A/S
InventorsEduardo Antonio Della Pia, Jonas Ravn, Ninfa Rangel Pedersen
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Abstract
Improvement of the intestinal health of a monogastric animal by increasing the levels of cecal butyrate levels in situ in said animal by administering a GH30 glucuronoxylan hydrolase-enriched maize-based animal feed is described. Improving the feed conversion ratio of said animal feed is furthermore observed.
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A method of improving the feed conversion ratio of an animal feed comprising maize and adding GH30 glucuronoxylan hydrolase to said animal feed.
A method of generating a prebiotic in-situ in a maize-based animal feed comprising the use of a GH30 glucuronoxylan hydrolase added to said feed.
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An enzyme-enriched animal feed comprising GH30 glucuronoxylan hydrolase and maize wherein the feed comprises maize in an amount of 100 to 1000 g/kg feed and GH30 glucuronoxylan hydrolase in an amount of 2 to 100 ppm per kg of feed.
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