The effect of exogenous enzymes on the performance and digestibility of nutrients in broiler

• Main Authors: Thiago dos Santos Andrade, Ricardo Vianna Nunes, Lucas Wachholz, Idiana Mara da Silva, Dimitri Moreira de Freitas
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Estadual de Londrina 2018-03-01
• Series: Semina: Ciências Agrárias
• Subjects: Amylase; Soybean meal; Corn; Protease; Xylanase.
• Online Access: http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semagrarias/article/view/28533

Here we tested how feeding with exogenous enzymes affects the performance, carcass yield, and ileal digestibility in broilers from 21- to 42-days-old. The study included 1008 male broilers randomly distributed into six diets: positive control (PC), corn and soybean meal containing all the nutritional requirements; negative control (NC), with a 120 kcal.kg-1 reduction in metabolizable energy relative to the PC; enzyme complex one (NC + 100 ppm of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase); enzyme complex two (NC + 200 ppm of xylanase, amylase and protease); enzyme blend one (NC + 100 FXU kg-1 of xylanase and 200 FXU kg-1 of amylase); and enzyme blend two (NC + 100 FXU kg-1 of xylanase and 300 FXU kg-1 of amylase). The enzyme complex two (CN + 100 FXU.kg de xilanase e 300 FXU.kg de amilase) and enzyme blend two (NC + 100 FXU kg-1 of xylanase and 300 FXU kg-1 of amylase) had greater weight gain, feed conversion, carcass yield, and digestibility of nutrients than the NC (P < 0,05). We found that enzyme complex two and enzyme blend two valued their nutritional matrix promoting better performance and digestibility of broilers.