By Michael R Bedford, Gary Partridge, Carrie L Walk, and Milan Hruby
Enzymes in Farm Animal Nutrition 3rd Edition PDF provides a comprehensive guide to all aspects associated with enzyme-supplemented animal feeds. It details the history and size of the feed enzyme market, before describing how feed enzymes are manufactured and employed in monogastric, aqua and ruminant diets.
This new edition explores considerable advances such as the use of enzymes in fish and shrimp diets, new understanding of how phytases function in the animal, NSPase research and enzymes’ extended use in ruminant markets. This book also:
Provides comprehensive coverage of all topics relating to the production, use, co-operativity and analysis of feed enzymes.
Is fully updated throughout, revealing significant developments such as new methods to deliver enzymes (formulations, encapsulations, and liquid spray systems) and advances in enzyme analysis.
Includes brand new chapters on combinations of enzymes, antibiotic-free diets and how to measure response in feed-enzyme trials.Covering biochemistry, enzymology and characteristics relevant to animal feed use, this book forms a valuable resource for academics and students of animal nutrition and production, as well as professionals in the animal feed industry.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Feed Enzyme Market in 2020 and Beyond. Ceinwen Evans and Hamish Irving
Chapter 2: Feed Enzymes: Enzymology, Biochemistry, and Production on an Industrial Scale. Jari Vehmaanperä
Chapter 3: Xylanases and Cellulases: Relevance in Monogastric Nutrition – Pigs. John F. Patience, Qingyun Li and Amy Petry
Chapter 4: Xylanases, ß-glucanases and Cellulases: their Relevance in Poultry Nutrition. Michael Bedford
Chapter 5: Mannanase, Alpha-galactosidase and Pectinase. Minor Players or Yet To Be Exploited? Jason Lee and Kyle Brown
Chapter 6: Starch and Protein Degrading Enzymes in Non-ruminant Animal Production. Aaron Cowieson
Chapter 7: Phytases: Biochemistry, Enzymology and Characteristics Relevant to Animal Feed Use. Daniel Menezes Blackburn, Ralf Greiner and Ursula Konietzny
Chapter 8: Phytases: Potential and limits of Phytate Destruction in the Digestive tract of Pigs and Poultry. Markus Rodehutscord, Vera Sommerfeld, Imke Kuhne and Mike Bedford
Chapter 9: Current Knowledge and Future Opportunities for Ruminant Enzymes. Christine Rosser, Stephanie Terry, Ajay Badhan, Tim McAllister and Karen Beauchemin
Chapter 10: Enzyme Use in Aquaculture. Gabriel Morales, Lorenzo Marquez, Adrian J. Hernandez and Francisco J. Moyano
Chapter 11: Analysis of Enzymes, Principles and Challenges: Developments in Feed Enzyme Analysis. Noel Sheehan
Chapter 12: Delivery and Stabilization of Enzymes in Animal Feed. Douglas Dale, Todd Becker, Michael Reichman and Sam Maurer
Chapter 13: Poultry and Swine GI Systems Functionally Differ to Influence Feedstuff Digestion and Responses to Supplemental Enzymes. Edwin T. Moran Jr
Chapter 14: The Influence of Feed Milling on the Stability of Feed Enzymes. Paul Steen
Chapter 15: Enzymes and the Microbiome in the Post-antibiotic Era. Richard Ducatelle, Filip Van Immerseel, Venessa Eeckhaut and Evy Goossens
Chapter 16: Parameters Impacting Responses in Animal Feed Enzyme Trials. Carrie Walk and Milan Hruby
Chapter 17: Evolving Enzyme Applications. Michael Bedford, Carrie Walk and Milan Hruby
