The poultry industry contributes significantly to bridging the nutritional gap in many countries
because of its meat and eggs products rich in protein and valuable nutrients at a cost less …

The current paper reviews content and variation in fiber and nonstarch polysaccharides
(NSP) of common crops used in broiler diets. The cereal grain is a complex structure, and its …

Animals are biological transformers of dietary matter and energy to produce high-quality
foods and wools for human consumption and use. Mammals, birds, fish, and shrimp require …

The success and sustainability of aquaculture depends on minimising the operational cost of
feed that in general comprises 50–60% of the total cost in intensive farming. The major feed …

The commercial application of enzymes as a feed additive has a history of less than 20
years. During this period, the feed enzyme industry came into existence and it has gone …

The effect of dietary rye (0, 200, 400 and 600 g/kg substituting for wheat) and pentosanase
concentration (0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 g/kg) on weight gain, molecular weight distribution of soluble …

The present study was undertaken to provide detailed information about the effect of fibre
source (pea fibre, wheat bran or oat bran) at inclusion levels of 0, 187 and 375 g/kg diet on …

The efficiency of utilisation of wheat, oats, barley and rye by poultry is often limited by the
presence of antinutritional factors (ANFs). Such ANFs are commonly referred to as non …

The non-starch polysaccharides (NSPs) of cereals exhibit anti-nutritive activity when present
in broiler diets. The high levels of arabinoxylans (pentosans) in rye and β-glucans in barley …

The ever-growing human population, coupled with the exigent need to meet the increasing
demand for poultry meat and egg, has put the onus on poultry nutritionists and farmers to …