Exogenous protease: effects on intestinal health and performance of poultry and weaned piglets
Keywords:
Poultry farming, Nutrient digestibility, Microbiota, Nutrition, Pig farmingAbstract
The use of exogenous enzymes is one of the feeding strategies used in the nutrition of non-ruminant animals. The exogenous protease is essential to ensure higher and better use of plant protein sources used in diets for poultry and swine. Associated with this, the lower presence of nitrogen in the excreta and feces of the animals should also be considered, due to the increase in the efficiency of the digestion process and absorption of protein nutrients. Moreover, the maintenance of intestinal health has become an essential strategy to ensure better animal performance. In this context, the better use of proteins in the small intestine followed by the reduction of fermentable protein in the large intestine is considered a beneficial effect promoted by the action of protease, as it reduces the substrate content for pathogenic bacteria action, ensuring a healthy and efficient microbiota. Given the above, this study aimed to present the main exogenous protease actions used in the nutrition of poultry and weaned piglets, as well as its effects on intestinal health and animal performance.
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