AbdelRahman Youssef, PhD

Great topic! That will be a robust energy system to chase NE for maintenance and production. So far, there's been an ongoing debate among researchers on whether the poultry industry would benefit from a NE system over the ME system due to the following challenges: 1. Inconsistent definition of NE 2. Challenges regarding measuring heat production (Sources of heat are confounded; Non-feed factors ca ...

In my viewpoint, you need to consider matrix value of Ca as well; otherwise, and as mentioned by others, Ca level in your diets incased that has adverse effect on Phytase. Below I added some considerations regarding Phytase and its matrix value. I hope this would be applicable. Factors affecting phytase activity Mineral contentAlthough doubted in some literature, high level of dietary calcium has ...

Hello from Colmenar Viejo, Spain. Enzymes need a certain level of substrate in the feed so that they work like a key-lock complex. If we take look to ruminants, these poligastric animals can digest plenty of various fibrous materials due to their capacity - due to the microflora in rumen- to produce fibrolytic enzymes. Monogastrics, on the other hand, don´t show this capacity - some fermenta ...

Excess of choline chloride in ration of commercial laying hens produce a refused taste of eggs, for that we can’t open the amount of choline according to fat content in liver.

This is an extremely interesting study for me. Without going into details, the results are quite expected. However, due to what part of the reduced use of DL-methionine logically, we should expect that due to D-methionine, which is foreign to the body. About 30 years ago, I found that DL-methionine in chickens was induced by cytochrome P-450 in the liver. Cytochrome is induced by a number of forei ...

Dear All,formulating in Bestmix, I also considered the total Ca and dig./av. P for the added phytase; and energy (ME) and AA for the NSP enzymes only. On this way I estimated to be on the safe side, because the nutrient matrix values indicate the amount of nutrient that could be released when the enzyme is added.In the past 10 years it became a trend to request and offer “matrix values&rdquo ...