The use of an enzyme mixture to enhance growth and improve total tract digestibility in pigs fed diets with alternative ingredients

摘要

There has been a tremendous increase in the use of dietary enzymes in pig diets to improve nutrient and energy digestibility and growth performance in recent years. Dietary enzymes can be used to supplement the pig's own enzyme production, including amylases to improve starch digestibility (Officer, 1995), proteases to improve protein digestibility (Hartman et ah, 1961), and enzymes to target the non-starch polysaccharide (NSP) constituents in feed.