Highly productive cattle and sheep consume large quantities of feed and therefore the transit of the feeds through the digestive system is too fast to allow complete digestion. Adding fibrolytic and proteolytic enzymes to the feeds prior to animal consumption creates attachment sites for ruminal bacteria. As a result, the feed is digested more thoroughly by the animal. The enzymes can be added to legume forage and/or grain feeds. The net result is that the animal gets more energy out of the feed so the production of meat or milk can be increased by 15 to 20% and feed costs can be reduced. The greatest improvements in fiber digestion with added proteases are with diets containing alfalfa forage. The technology provides the necessary information about the formulation of enzyme products and the process of using feed enzymes in ruminant diets.

To improve feed conversion and production of ruminants.

Ready for licensing. The patents on the fibrolytic enzymes were filed in the US, Canada, Australia, Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand. The proteolytic enzyme patents were filed in the same countries, plus Mexico.