Some Effects Of Enzyme Supplementation And Various Wheat Bran Levels In A Broiler Diet On Apparent Digestibility

It is generally recognized that birds do not have an enzyme in their digestive fluid which digests cellulose. However, cellulosic materials are major renewable resources available in large quantities which need to be properly utilized to help meet our needs for energy, chemicals, food and feed for a long-range solution. A variety of lignocellulosic materials containing acid-detergent fibers, are available and microorganisms capable of degrading either one or more of the three main constituents, viz., cellulose, hemicelluose and lignin, have been studied. A further variety of strategies are being explored, including thermal methods of degradation such as pyrolysis or biological methods such as enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation