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Feed Anti-Nutritional Factor (ANF) Solutions
As important factors affecting the utilization of feed and endangering animal health, anti-nutritional factors in feed are the focus of animal nutrition researchers and animal breeders. The intricate nature of these factors in terms of their sources, structures, and effects poses a challenge in understanding their characteristics, risks to animals, and methods for their degradation. Through extensive exploration of these anti-nutritional factors in feed, BioVenic has developed solutions targeting various classes of inhibitors including protease inhibitors, lectins, phenolic compounds, glycosides, oxalate, phytate, and alkaloids. Our solutions encompass thorough analysis of feed anti-nutritional factors, formulation of feed additives, or the implementation of biological treatment processes to counteract these factors, alongside conducting relevant animal studies.
Solutions for Animal Feed Anti-Nutritional Factors
The presence of anti-nutritional factors in feed poses a threat to animal health by diminishing the nutritional content of feed, resulting in systemic issues, compromised immunity, and metabolic disorders. With a holistic approach involving protocol development, analytical services, data interpretation, and biological insights, our solutions facilitate a comprehensive investigation into a wide array of prevalent feed anti-nutritional factors.
Protease inhibitors have the ability to interfere with the function of various proteases within animals, including trypsin and chymotrypsin. Through their inhibitory action on proteases, they curtail the digestibility of proteins in animal feed, leading to nitrogen loss. This not only hampers animal growth but also leads to wastage of feed resources. Our solution tailored for feed protease inhibitors empowers a detailed examination of these inhibitors in feed, aiming to mitigate the nutritional losses incurred due to their presence.
Lectins are a type of carbohydrate-binding (glyco)proteins found in various plants. These proteins have the ability to attach to glycosyl groups on the cell membranes of the digestive tract. This interaction can trigger a range of harmful local and systemic reactions, classifying lectins as antinutritional and/or toxic substances. Through the introduction of diverse assays and biodegradation techniques, our solutions aid in comprehending their impact on animals and striving to diminish the antinutritional effects of lectins in feed.
Phenolic compounds exhibit a variety of effects on animals. While some plant phenolic compounds boast antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and other beneficial effects on animals, certain phenols like gossypol are toxic to animals and cannot be broken down or absorbed by them. We offer testing services for these phenolic compounds with antinutritional properties, assisting researchers in formulating pertinent feed additives or bioprocesses to mitigate their detrimental effects.
Glycosides are commonly recognized as significant antinutritional factors in animal feed. Various animal species exhibit differing levels of tolerance towards different glycosides. In light of the antinutritional impact of glycosides on animals, our solution leverages advanced detection technology to identify glycosides in feed, animal samples, and other sources, thereby aiding in the development of nutritional strategies to manage feed glycosides.
Oxalate is pervasive in the plant kingdom, with oxalate-rich feed ingredients and forage plants including sesame meal, straw, leafy greens, pasture plants, soy, almonds, potatoes, tea, rhubarb, cereal grains, and beets. Non-ruminant animals appear more vulnerable to oxalate compared to ruminants, as the rumen microbiome aids in oxalate degradation. We are dedicated to formulating feed additives and bioprocessing solutions that specifically target and alleviate the antinutritional effects of oxalates on livestock, poultry, and companion animals.
Utilizing phytate phosphorus poses challenges and necessitates the presence of the enzyme phytase. Antinutritional effects of phytate include interactions with various minerals, suppression of protein and amino acid utilization, among others. At BioVenic, we offer a comprehensive solution to mitigate the detrimental impacts of feed phytate.
Alkaloids are nitrogen-containing compounds naturally occurring in plants, fungi, bacteria, and animals. Certain alkaloids are toxic to both humans and animals, with toxicity influenced by factors such as dosage, duration of exposure, and individual characteristics. BioVenic facilitates the detection of alkaloid levels and the development of feed additives and biological treatments utilizing in vitro and in vivo animal models to counteract their adverse effects.
We provide an array of analytical techniques for the analysis of antinutritional factors, encompassing immunoassays, chromatographic methods, capillary electrophoresis, near-infrared spectroscopy, metabolomics, and more. Our analyses can be tailored for varying sample types, antinutritional factor categories, concentrations, and distributions. Additionally, we specialize in devising innovative assays for diverse utilization scenarios.
Various feed additives, such as enzymes and probiotics, can enhance the digestibility of nutrients in animal feed, thereby mitigating the adverse effects of antinutritional factors on animal health. Our platform is dedicated to formulating feed additives to counteract the influence of antinutritional factors on animals, fostering animal health and enhancing growth performance.
Biological processing of feed, such as enzyme treatment and fermentation, offers environmentally friendly, high-efficiency, and gentle processing characteristics. We specialize in providing comprehensive solutions for developing biological treatments for feeds. Our services encompass the full spectrum from analyzing anti-nutritional factors in feed, to creating enzymes or microbial strains, optimizing fermentation or enzyme treatments, studying animal application effects, and more.
- Animal Studies Support
Our in vitro and in vivo animal models are instrumental in studying the impacts of feed additives and feed biological treatments on animals. These models span various livestock, poultry, and companion animal species. Coupled with our expertise in animal nutrition and metabolic testing, we offer comprehensive support for animal research concerning anti-nutritional factors from a molecular nutrition standpoint.
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Service Workflow for Feed Anti-Nutritional Factor Solutions
Why Choose Us?
We serve as a comprehensive animal-centric research platform, leveraging our diverse internal and external resources to provide animal nutrition researchers with a wide array of solutions pertaining to animal nutrition research, including anti-nutritional factors.
Our testing technology platform encompasses feed analysis, anti-nutritional factor analysis in feeds, evaluation of animal-related indicators, omics analysis, and more. This framework enables comprehensive research beyond individual substances.
Central to our focus are the growth performance and well-being of animals. Our versatile animal models cover various species and model categories, facilitating diverse animal nutrition research concerning feed anti-nutritional factors.
BioVenic's platform not only offers extensive testing for anti-nutritional factors in feed but also aids in the development of feed additives, feed bioprocessing techniques, and animal studies related to these factors. If you are interested in our solutions for anti-nutritional factors in feed, please contact us with your research plan. We are eager to provide assistance.