Around the world, forages are used as a unique feed source for ruminants due to their abundance and
low cost. However, their availability and quality are not constant throughout the year. Moreover, the digestion of forages in the rumen is relatively slow and incomplete, limiting animal performance and increasing feed cost of livestock production.
The enzyme preparations for ruminants are evaluated primarily on the basis of their capacity to degrade plant cell walls and break down dietary energy sources, one of the major activities of rumen micro-organisms. In high producing ruminants, fiber and non starch polysaccharides digestion is often impaired due to low ruminal pH and exogemous enzymes can have a beneficial effect. Recent studies indicated that, adding digestive enzymes to ruminant diets improved nutrient digestibility, growth rate and milk production.
Digestive enzymes improve forage utilization and productive efficiency of ruminants and adding enzymes to high-concentrate diets give more consistent results than with high-roughage diets, which in-turn improve animal performance can be attributed mainly to improvements in ruminal fiber digestion resulting in an increase of digestible energy intake.
Moreover, fibrolytic enzymes were more effective when added to either concentrate or roughage portion of diets in early lactation period. These enzymes increased milk yield by 6 to 16% in Lactating dairy cows.
CombiSEB Vet is a composite formula containing Saccharomyces boulardii, Papain, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus sporogenes and amino acids ideal for taking care of Ruminal disorders. CombiSEB Vet supplemented diets, with fiber degrading action, has potential to improve feed utilization as well as production performance in ruminants. |