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Efficacy of enzyme extracts from fungi and a commercial feed enzyme for improving the nutritional value of palm kernel cake for broiler feeding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

Eustace Ayemere Iyayi*
Affiliation:
Dept of Animal Science, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Tunde E. Lawal
Affiliation:
Dept of Animal Science & Fisheries, Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria
Bola A. Adeniyi
Affiliation:
Dept of Phamarceutical Microbiology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
O. A. Adaramoye
Affiliation:
Dept of Biochemistry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
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Broilers are unable to utilize palm kernel cake (PKC) efficiently because it contains high amounts of non starch polysaccharides (NSPs) and broilers do not have the full complement of the endogenous enzymes required to break down the NSPs to soluble carbohydrates. Microbial enzymes have been reported (Bachtar, 2005) to be able to act on both the endo and exo sites of NSPs, breaking both the ß-1,4 and ß-1,6 linkages with the production of soluble carbohydrates. Multi enzyme complexes from fungi have the potential to breakdown the NSPs in PKC thereby enhancing its nutritive value for broiler feeding. It was the aim of this study to apply enzyme extracts from Aspergillus niger, Trichoderma viride, Rhizopus stolonifer and Mucor mucedo on PKC and to investigate the effect of the biodegraded PKC on performance of broilers.

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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2008

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