Improving feed value
Various techniques, such as pelleting, reduction of particle
size and supplementation with exogenous enzymes can be
applied to enhance nutritional value and utilization of
available feed resources [19-21]. This may be most relevant
for locally available feed resources to overcome the
shortcomings of poor nutritive value [6,22] due to high
fibre content and of other components in the feed affecting
the physicochemical properties.
The positive effects of enzyme addition is due to disruption
of intact cell walls and release of entrapped nutrients
or due to the changes in the physical properties
of non-starch polysaccharides, such as viscosity and