Enzyme Management Services

• Feed costs represent the biggest input for producers, often accounting for up to 70% OF TOTAL PRODUCTION COSTS.
• Around 25% OF NUTRIENTS ARE LOST due to anti-nutritional factors in feed.

The Alltech Enzyme Management Allzyme Series
Join us in this Allzyme series to learn about the most efficient strategies for the inclusion of enzyme technologies and how you can protect your productivity and obtain long-term, sustainable results.

How can we provide the growing world population with food while maximizing feed efficiency in a sustainable way?
Together, we can maximize feed efficiency. The Alltech® Enzyme Management program utilizes unique technologies backed by science that work in synergy with the animal’s digestive tract and target the complete diet to optimize the potential of the feed by reducing the anti-nutritional effects, improving nutrient release and feed digestibility. As a result, fewer nutrients are released into the environment, saving producers money while providing sustainable benefits for the animal and the planet.

Enzymes are protein-based molecules that speed up specific chemical reactions. They break down a larger molecule into one or more smaller molecules, or they combine smaller molecules into a large molecule. Either way, enzymes help convert a less digestible component of feed (e.g., fiber) into a more easily absorbed form for animals to utilize.

Enzyme mode of action:

• The enzyme attracts substrates to its active site.
• Enzyme and substrate bind. The combination formed by the enzyme and its substrates is called the enzyme–substrate complex.
• The bond breaks during digestion, forming an enzyme-product complex.
• Products/nutrients are released.

Phytase, carbohydrase and protease are some of the most common feed enzymes typically considered in the animal feed industry. Each of these three feed enzyme categories has a specific role and function in the animal that results in benefits for producers. However, certain enzymes can only react with certain substrates.

• Carbohydrases break down fiber to improve the digestibility of carbohydrates in feed, thus increasing the amount of nutrients an animal can use for energy. Carbohydrases help to degrade anti-nutritional factors, such as non-starch polysaccharides (NSP). The primary types of carbohydrases used in animal nutrition include xylanase, which breaks down arabinoxylans; beta-glucanase, which breaks down glucans; and cellulase, which breaks down cellulose.
• Proteases increase the digestibility of proteins and amino acids. Protease enzymes are also capable of breaking apart proteins that bind starch within feed ingredients, thus making more of the energy found in starch available to the animal.
• Phytases increase the digestibility of phytate, which improves the overall availability of dietary phosphorus. The addition of phytase in feed results in a lower excretion of the phosphorous content in manure, contributing to a lower environmental impact of livestock farming.

Our feed enzyme technologies have implications beyond cost savings. Our range of feed enzymes helps improve gut health, animal welfare and the environment, allowing you to potentially triple your bottom line.