Chapter 5: The use of xylanases as additives to feeds: a mini-review of their effect on feed digestion and growth performance of monogastric animals
Lebogang Ramatsui
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, Tariro Sithole
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, Nosabatha Happyness Mzimkulu-Ncoyi
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, Samkelo Malgas
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, and Brett Ivan Pletschke
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Enzyme Science Programme (ESP), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa
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Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa
Abstract
The commercial use of exogenous enzymes in animal feeds has become popular in recent years. The selection of GH10 and GH11 xylanases by the animal feed industry is based on their catalytic activity on the xylan, a backbone nonstarch ...
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