The weaner pig - enzymes and biotechnology for the future

The role of feed enzymes in the nutrition of the weaner pig is reviewed, focusing on main enzyme activities of carbohydrases, phytases and proteases. Current views on the modes of action and the potentially beneficial effects of these on young, newly weaned piglets is examined. The interaction betwe...

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Published inThe weaner pig: nutrition and management. Proceedings of a British Society of Animal Science Occasional Meeting, University of Nottingham, UK, September 2000 pp. 123 - 152
Main Author Partridge, G
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Wallingford, UK CABI Publishing 2001
CABI
Subjects
Animal husbandry
animal nutrition
Animal physiology
animals
Artiodactyla
biotechnology
carbohydrases
Chordata
enzymes
eukaryotes
feed additives
glycosidases
growth promoters
growth stimulants
growth stimulators
hogs
Mammals
microbial flora
microflora
phytase
piglets
pigs
proteases
proteinases
Suidae
Suiformes
Sus
Sus scrofa
swine
vertebrates
weaning
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Summary:The role of feed enzymes in the nutrition of the weaner pig is reviewed, focusing on main enzyme activities of carbohydrases, phytases and proteases. Current views on the modes of action and the potentially beneficial effects of these on young, newly weaned piglets is examined. The interaction between feed enzymes and the gut microflora, which is receiving increasing attention in current research involving novel microbiological techniques, and feed enzymes in weaner piglet nutrition is considered in the light of constraints on antibiotic use.
ISBN:9780851995328
0851995322
DOI:10.1079/9780851995328.0123