DEMAND FOR IMPROVED QUALITY PROTEIN MAIZE IN MONOGASTRIC ANIMAL RATIONS

Development of phytase-expressing chlamydomonas reinhardtii for monogastric animal nutrition.

BACKGROUND In plant-derived animal feedstuffs, nearly 80 % of the total phosphorus content is stored as phytate. However, phytate is poorly digested by monogastric animals such as poultry, swine and fish, as they lack the hydrolytic enzyme phytase; hence it is regarded as a nutritionally inactive compound from a phosphate bioavailability point of view. In addition, it also chelates important di...

Quality Protein Maize Story

Quality protein maize

Maize (Zea mays L.) plays a very important role in human and animal nutrition in a number of developed and developing countries, worldwide. Breeding for improved protein quality in maize began in the mid-1960s with the discovery of mutants, such as opaque-2, that produce enhanced levels of lysine and tryptophan, the two amino acids deficient in maize endosperm proteins. However, adverse pleiotr...

Chapter X : Consumer demand for ethically - improved animal production systems

Improved Rations and Feeding Procedures for Pheasants