Friend or foe? Impacts of dietary xylans, xylooligosaccharides, and xylanases on intestinal health and growth performance of monogastric animals

JT Baker, ME Duarte, DM Holanda, SW Kim - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Xylan is naturally present in typical feedstuffs fed to animals and has been
shown to cause increased digesta viscosity reducing nutrient digestibility and growth …

Nutritional and functional roles of phytase and xylanase enhancing the intestinal health and growth of nursery pigs and broiler chickens

VHC Moita, SW Kim - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Feed enzymes have been widely used with the goal to improve nutrient
digestibility and growth performance of pigs. However, recent studies have shown that feed …

Supplemental Bacillus subtilis DSM 29784 and enzymes, alone or in combination, as alternatives for antibiotics to improve growth performance, digestive enzyme …

Y Wang, C Heng, X Zhou, G Cao, L Jiang… - British Journal of …, 2021 - cambridge.org
The present study investigated the effect of Bacillus subtilis DSM 29784 (Ba) and enzymes
(xylanase and β-glucanases; Enz), alone or in combination (BE) as antibiotic replacements …

Modulation of jejunal mucosa-associated microbiota in relation to intestinal health and nutrient digestibility in pigs by supplementation of β-glucanase to corn …

ME Duarte, C Sparks, SW Kim - Journal of Animal Science, 2021 - academic.oup.com
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of increasing levels of β-glucanase on the
modulation of jejunal mucosa-associated microbiota in relation to nutrient digestibility and …

A dietary carbohydrase blend improved intestinal barrier function and growth rate in weaned pigs fed higher fiber diets

Q Li, NK Gabler, CL Loving, SA Gould… - Journal of Animal …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of dietary xylanase (X) and a
carbohydrase enzyme blend (EB: cellulase, β-glucanase, and xylanase) on nutrient …

A soluble and highly fermentable dietary fiber with carbohydrases improved gut barrier integrity markers and growth performance in F18 ETEC challenged pigs

Q Li, ER Burrough, NK Gabler, CL Loving… - Journal of Animal …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a source of dietary soluble (SF) and insoluble
fiber (IF) without or with exogenous carbohydrases (xylanase, β-glucanase, and pectinase) …

Comparative effects of compound enzyme and antibiotics on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, blood biochemical index, and intestinal health in weaned pigs

Z Li, L Tang, N Liu, F Zhang, X Liu, Q Jiang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This experiment aims to explore the effects of compound enzyme preparation substituting
chlortetracycline on growth performance, serum immune markers, and antioxidant capacity …

Carbohydrases and phytase in poultry and pig nutrition: a review beyond the nutrients and energy matrix

DT Valente Junior, JL Genova, SW Kim, A Saraiva… - Animals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cereal grains and their by-products incorporated into non-ruminant animal
feeds contain non-starch polysaccharides and phytate, which are anti-nutritional factors. The …

Degradation of dietary fiber in the stomach, small intestine, and large intestine of growing pigs fed corn-or wheat-based diets without or with microbial xylanase

JJ Abelilla, HH Stein - Journal of animal science, 2019 - academic.oup.com
An experiment was conducted to test the hypothesis that microbial xylanases may contribute
to the degradation of fiber in wheat and wheat-based diets and in corn and corn-based diets …

Effects of dietary supplementation of compound enzymes on performance, nutrient digestibility, serum antioxidant status, immunoglobulins, intestinal morphology and …

S Long, J Hu, S Mahfuz, H Ma… - Archives of Animal Nutrition, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of compound enzymes
(CE)(containing per g 375 U amylase, 2500 U protease, 4000 U xylanase and 150 U β …