Enzymes for the Animal Nutrition Industry

When your animal's digestion profits, you profit. The nutritional value of even the best feed mixture is only realized if the animals can digest the inherent nutrients properly. By adding BASF enzymes to feed, indigestible feed components can be digested in the gastrointestinal tract. In animal nutrition, enzymes are used predominantly for monogastric animals, such as pigs and poultry.

Combinations of phytase & NSP-hydrolizing enzymes as additive for feed production

It is common practise in pig and poultry diets to use in the same feed formulation both phytase and NSP enzymes. Natuphos® Combi G and Natuphos® Combi L are feed enzyme products containing both phytase and NSP-hydrolizing enzymes (beta-xylanase, beta-glucanase) in one product. Natuphos® Combi G contains in one product the same enzymes available in Natuphos® G (EU) and Natugrain TS. Natuphos® Combi L contains in one product formulation the same enzymes available in Natuphos® L and Natugrain TS L.

Both enzyme combinations, Natuphos® Combi G and Natuphos® Combi L, are highly effective and cost efficient combinations. Beside economic reasons due to lower formulation cost, there is another benefit, namely if a feed production consists of one liquid application system for feed enzymes, only. By applying Natuphos® Combi L, the combined use of both phytase and NSP enzymes becomes feasible without additional investment.

Phytase products as additive for feed production

With the additional use of Natuphos®, the digestion and utilization of the total phosphorus contained in vegetable feed can be substantially increased. Consequently, more phosphorus is available for absorption in the small intestine of monogastric animals. Thus, less mineral phosphorus must be added to the feed to cover the animal’s phosphorus requirement. The usual level of supplements of inorganic phosphorus added to the feed can be reduced substantially without adversely affecting the output or skeletal mineralization of the animals.

In pigs and poultry, the use of Natuphos® thus reduces the phosphorus excretion with the manure by about 30%, both directly via the higher utilization of the vegetable phosphorus and indirectly via the consequent decrease in the level of inorganic phosphorus supplements.

Natuphos® also improves the digestibility of calcium, magnesium, and trace elements. An increasing number of studies have shown that Natuphos® not only improves the digestibility of crude protein and amino acids but also increases the energy value of the feed. Concurrent to the reduction in mineral phosphorus supplement, quantities of calcium, protein, or synthetic amino acids can also be decreased.

On the basis of large numbers of experiments, Natuphos® can be incorporated in linear optimization as a feed ingredient. Thus, it is possible to save the quantities of nutrients (P, Ca, amino acids, energy), which Natuphos® liberates from the phytate complex. Apart from the ecological benefits, the use of Natuphos® provides significant economic advantages in the preparation of mixed feeds.

Natugrain® as additive for feed production

The use of Natugrain® NSP-hydrolyzing enzymes in grain dominated diets provides a number of advantages.

In poultry

• Improved feed conversion and faster weight gain due to increased nutrient utilization.
• Reduced viscosity of intestinal content and the improved condition of faeces have a positive effect on litter quality and the hygienic conditions in the production unit.
• Lowered water consumption.
• In laying hens, the number of dirty eggs decreases.
• The use of enzymes balances variations in the nutritional value between different types of cereals used.
• More flexibility in the linear optimization of poultry feed diets towards feeding higher amounts of cereals.

In pigs

• Improved feed conversion due to increased nutrient utilization of feed.
• Lowered water consumption.
• The use of enzymes balances out variations in the nutritional value between different types of cereals used.
• More flexibility in the linear optimization of pig feed diets towards feeding higher amounts of cereals.