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ROLE OF PROBIOTICS IN ANIMAL NUTRITION    

 

 

H.M. Gado1 
A. Khusro2  
A.Z.M. Salem3+ 

 

1Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams 
University, Cairo, Egypt 
2Research Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Loyola College, 
Nungambakkam, Chennai, India  
3Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma del 
Estado de México, Toluca, México 
 

 
(+ Corresponding author) 

 ABSTRACT 
 
Article History 
Received: 6 June 2017 
Revised: 4 July 2017 
Accepted: 18 July 2017 
Published: 27 July 2017 
 
 

Keywords 
Probiotics 
Domestic animals. 
Poultry 
Rabbits 
Fish  
Animal performance 
Nutrition. 

 
The anaerobic probiotic technology (ZAD) is a patented technique. The products are in 
two forms either liquid or powder. The powder products are coated so it can handle the 
pressure and the temperature of the extruders. They are fed as follows; 10 gm/head 
/day for large animals or 1 kg/ tone of fed (for ZADO). In case of Liquid (ZAD); it is 
fed 10 ml/head/day for large animals and 1.5 ml liter for poultry and rabbits. It 
decreases the aflatoxins less than 11% by inclusion rate of 7% of ZAD in 7 hours. They 
are helping the animals to cope with heat stress. Their ability to decrease the 
cholesterol and triglycerides are noticed by 21 and 19%, respectively. The birds and 
animal immunity is elevated too. Animal performances are improved in animals fed 
either form. Milk production increased in dairy cattle (1.5 kg/animal/day) and dairy 
buffaloes (1kg/head/day). The same trend was recorded for meat production in cattle, 
buffaloes, and sheep (220, 180 and 90 gm/head/day, respectively as an average daily 
gain). For poultry, it helped in decreasing the fattening period by 5 days. In fish, the 
final weight increased by 18%. For rabbits, it increased the milk production, decreased 
the mortality rate, increased the average daily gain, and improved all over physiological 
aspects of rabbits. 
 

Contribution/Originality: This study documents the impact of probiotics on the growth performances and 

nutritional aspects of dairy animals, poultry, rabbit, fish, and beef. The primary contribution of this review article is 

to analyze the influence of anaerobic probiotic technology on the performances and other physiological aspects of 

ruminant and non-ruminant animals. 

 

1. INTRODUCTION 

Probiotics are live microorganisms that confer health benefits to the host, and are generally regarded as safe. 

The fungal source probiotics had been known for long time, but now it has been shifted towards the bacterial side, 

particularly the anaerobic ones. In fact, the anaerobic bacteria sources associated probiotics have better performance 

with animals. In terms of their nutrition, fungi are saprophytes, and are commonly found in soil or water 

constituting organic wastes. Digestive enzymes of fungi play a pivotal role in breaking down food outside their 

bodies, and help them absorb the degraded foods through cell walls, thereby considering them heterotrophic 

organisms. In contrary to this, bacteria belong to either heterotrophs or autotrophs.  

Enzymes are known as biological catalysts that consist of diversified types of bioactive proteins that drive the 

chemical reaction by acting upon substrates through specific mode of action. Catalysis is the process in which 

enzymes produced by all living organisms trigger the chemical reactions. Substrates bind to the active site of the 

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enzyme and form products. According to lock and key model, each active site on the enzyme is unique for specific 

substrate. However, active sites have the tendency to change their shape in order to bind with substrate through the 

induced fit model, which moves entire protein domains. Several parameters viz. pH, temperature, substrate 

concentration, allosteric inhibitors and activators, and cofactors influence the activity of enzymes. An elevation in 

temperature (either below or above the optimum) causes the denaturation of active site, thereby avoiding the 

binding of substrate. On the other hand, at low temperature, enzymes lacks flexibility in order to allow induce fit. 

Substrate concentration is another crucial factor that affects the enzyme yield. If the concentration of substrate is 

gradually increased, the reaction velocity will increase until it reaches a maximum. After this point, there will not 

be any increment in the rate of reaction. Allosteric inhibitors are substances that decrease the activity of enzyme 

through two ways; competitive inhibitors and noncompetitive inhibitors. Allosteric activators enhance the enzyme 

activity, and bid to allosteric sites in order to maintain the active configuration of enzyme. Cofactors are another 

important factor that affects the enzyme activity and it can be a coenzyme, a prosthetic group or a metal ion 

activator. Enzymes have broad-spectrum functions in the living organisms, contributing from signal transduction 

to generation of muscle contraction. They also catalyze the starch molecules into easily absorbed monomer unit by 

mammals called as maltose. 

 

2. EFFECT OF ANAEROBIC PROBIOTICS ON FIBER STRUCTURE 

Since the fibre fraction obtained from feces is fermentable, the degradation of fibre inside the rumen is not fully 

efficient [1]. In the last few years, researches focused on the supplementation of exogenous enzymes during in vitro 

rumen fermentation for fibre digestibility [2, 3]. However, the investigations still lack the positive influence of 

exogenous enzymes products on fibre digestibility. The ZAD® (a patented product manufactured by the Academy 

of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt), a biotechnical product made from anaerobic bacteria converts the 

polysaccharide into monomers by the enzyme catalytic process. Gado, et al. [4] revealed that ZAD® improved 

nutrients digestibility, body weight gain and feed conversion of wheat straw in sheep. In fact, ZAD® is a mixture of 

enzymes obtained from anaerobic bacteria that had a beneficial impact on the digestibility of low quality roughages. 

According to Kingsly, et al. [5] DDGS are highly nutritious and valuable feed for animals due to the presence of 

high protein and energy content ingredient. However, variation in composition affects the nutritional quality and 

market value of the product [6].  

Based on the findings, the rice straw (RS) depicted the highest (P<0.05) NDF and ADF contents with respect 

to the DDGS, while the CP content was the highest in DDGS. The inclusion of anaerobic enzyme (ENZ) at 3 L 

enhanced quadratically (P<0.01) the degradation of NDF and ADF of RS, and DDGS as well as their mixture 

(Table 1). Increasing the dose of ENZ from 0-3 L before ensiling RS, DDGS, and their mixture were known to 

improve quadratically (P<0.01) some of the degradation fractions of nutrients. In general, the inclusion of ENZ 

enhanced the degradable fractions of NDF and ADF of DDGS by 11%, the degradation fraction of NDF and ADF 

of RS plus DDGS by 6 and 8%, and the degradation rate of NDF and ADF of RS by 24% (Table 1) - Gado, et al. 

[7]. 

 

3. EFFECT OF ANAEROBIC PROBIOTICS ON DAIRY ANIMALS 

Recently, researchers have demonstrated that the supplementation of fiber degrading enzymes into the feeding 

diets of dairy cows and feedlot cattle can improve feed utilization and animal performance by enhancing fiber 

degradation in vitro [8-11] in situ [12-15], and in vivo [9, 16-18]. There is often an increased feed intake due to the 

feeding of enzymes, which may partly be because of the increased palatability of the diet due to sugars released by 

pre-ingestive fiber hydrolysis. However, post-ingestive enzyme activities, such as increased digestion rate and/or 

extent of digestion [12, 15, 18, 19] may improve hydrolytic activity in the rumen in order to reduce gut fill and to 

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Several mechanism of action of direct-fed enzymes had been proposed such as dietary fiber solubilization before 

ingestion, provision of readily fermentable substrate for ruminants, and/or improvement of microbial enzyme 

activity in the rumen [21]. The enzyme efficacy is influenced by the specific activity of enzymes, their mode of 

application, type of animal, and feeding diet. Direct-fed enzymes can also improve the microbial colonization of feed 

by increasing total counts of ruminal microorganisms [22, 23] in order to increase fiber degradation rate [14, 16, 

24] and protein synthesis of rumen microbes [16, 25]. 

 

Table-1. Effect of ENZ levels on in vitro degradation† of DM and fibre fractions of RS, DDGS, and their mixture in sheep (Adapted from Gado, 

et al. [7]) 

  ENZ, L ton-1 SEM‡ Contrast§ 

  0   1  3   L  Q  

RS  DM  
a (%)  

 
11.0  

 
17.3  

 
22.6  

 
4.66  

 
0.006 

  
0.024  

 b (%)  33.4  39.2  44.7  3.12  0.009 0.035  
 a+b (%)  44.4  56.5  67.3  2.88  0.006 0.041  
 c (%/h)  2.3  3.4  4.6  0.68  0.008 0.021  
 NDF  

b (%)  
 
41.5  

 
44.6  

 
48.6  

 
1.45  

 
0.009 

  
0.016  

 c (%/h)  2.1  2.4  2.7  0.42  0.240 0.340  
 ADF  

b (%)  
 
38.2  

 
41.1  

 
44.7  

 
1.44  

 
0.008 

  
0.019  

 c (%/h)  2.4  2.6  2.8  0.61  0.190 0.048  
DDGS  DM  

a (%)  
 
28.7  

 
29.4  

 
31.4  

 
1.44  

 
0.005 

 
0.036  

 b (%)  46.1  49.8  53.4  2.62  0.009 0.042  
 a+b (%)  74.8  79.2  84.8  1.89  0.007 0.026  
 c (%/h)  3.8  4.0  4.9  0.79  0.007 0.042  
 NDF  

b (%)  
 
45.4  

 
47.4  

 
51.5  

 
1.93  

 
0.008 

 
0.035  

 c (%/h)  3.2  3.5  3.9  0.53  0.008 0.012  

 ADF  
b (%)  

 
49.9  

 
50.6  

 
55.6  

 
1.99  

 
0.009 

 
0.043  

 c (%/h)  3.4  3.5  3.9  0.29  0.006 0.051  
RS with 10%  
DDGS  

DM  
a (%)  

 
15.6  

 
26.4  

 
33.8  

 
3.73  

 
0.009 

 
0.043  

 b (%)  34.2  46.3  55.1  2.47  0.008 0.031  
 a+b (%)  49.8  72.7  88.9  4.83  0.008 0.026  
 c (%/h)  3.2  4.3  5.4  0.29  0.006 0.04  
 NDF  

b (%)  
 
42.5  

 
48.6  

 
53.6  

 
3.81  

 
0.007 

  
0.042  

 c (%/h)  2.8  3.1  3.6  0.33  0.006 0.043  
 ADF  

b (%)  
 
41.8  

 
42.2  

 
45.8  

 
1.69  

 
0.008 

0.036  

 c (%/h)  2.6  3.1  3.4  0.29  0.006 0.046  

†a, soluble fraction; b, potentially degradable fraction; a+b, total degradation; c, degradation rate. ‡SEM, standard error of the mean, §Probability 

of a linear (L) or quadratic (Q) effect of ENZ level.  

 

The supplementation of exogenous enzymes to feeding diets has been known to exhibit positive influence on 

lactating dairy cows and growing cattle. Dairy cows fed with fibrolytic enzyme treated forage produced 5–25% 

more milk [14, 26, 27], increased the energy balance of transition dairy cows [28], and increased the production of 

milk in small ruminants [27, 29]. The treatment of fibrolytic enzymes improved live weight (LW) gain and feed 

conversion ratio by up to 35% and 10% respectively in feedlot cattle [30].  

The ruminal fermentation, nitrogen balance, nutrient digestibility, and milk production of cows have been 

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of wheat straw in sheep and goats were also observed to be improved [17, 18]. Intake of DM and OM was 

positively affected by the supplementation of enzyme (Table 2). The digestibility of DM, OM, aNDFom and 

ADFom was higher (P<0.05) in the ZADO® enzyme supplemented cows. 

 

Table-2. Intake, whole tract nutrients digestibility, and nitrogen balance of the TMRa fed to dairy cows supplemented with (ZADO®) or 

without (CTRL) the exogenous enzymes mixture 

 CTRL ZADO® SEM Significance (P) 

Intake (kg/d) 
DM 16.1 18.2 0.21 0.049 

OM 14.1 16.4 0.14 0.048 
aNDFom 7.1 7.4 0.23 0.192 

ADFom 4.04 4.57 0.11 0.087 
Digestibility (g/kg) 

DM 663 743 2.1 0.045 
OM 667 741 2.9 0.047 

aNDFom 418 584 2.8 0.049 
ADFom 401 532 2.3 0.046 

Nitrogen balance 
N intake (g/d) 1654 1870 54 0.07 

Urinary N (g/d) 509 542 12.6 0.11 
Fecal N (g/d) 659 711 14.3 0.17 

N balance (g/d) 486 617 11.9 0.06 

DM, dry matter; OM, organic matter; ADFom, acid detergent fiber; aNDFom, neutral detergent fiber. TMR: total mixed ration without (CTRL) or with (ZADO® ) 

 

Enzyme supplemented cows showed higher (P<0.05) SCFA and ammonia N concentrations (Table 3) pre-

feeding (122 versus 111 mmol/100 ml; 126 versus 110 mg/l respectively) and at 3 h post-feeding (128 versus 119 

mmol/100 ml; 67 versus 55 mg/l respectively). Further, the addition of enzyme caused increased acetate and 

propionate 3 h post-feeding. An increase in N was also observed due to the ZADO supplementation, whereas the 

increment in excretion of N in urine and feces in the ZADO group was observed non-significant. The N balance in 

the ZADO group was higher than that of control group, while microbial N synthesis was increased in the enzyme 

supplemented cows (220 versus 190 g/d; P<0.05). 

 

Table-3. Ruminal  pH, short chain fatty acids (SCFAs, total and individual), ammonia N concentrations (after 0 and 3 h of feeding); microbial 

nitrogen synthesis of the TMRa fed to dairy cows supplemented with (ZADO® ) or without (CTRL) the exogenous enzymes mixture 

 CTRL ZADO® SEM Significance (P) 

pH 6.1 5.9 0.24 0.41 

Before feeding (0 h) 

Total SCFA (mmol/l) 111 122 2.1 0.34 
Individual SCFA (mol/100 mol) 

Acetate (A) 61.0 64.8 1.30 0.05 
Propionate (P) 17.8 18.1 0.83 0.13 

Butyrate 11.3 11.9 0.81 0.24 
A:P ratio 3.43 3.85 1.162 0.14 

Ammonia N (mg/l) 55 67 0.37 0.04 
Post-feeding (3 h) 

Total SCFA (mmol/l) 119.2 128 3.6 0.04 
Individual SCFA (mol/100 mol) 

Acetate (A) 60.0 64.0 1.2 0.04 
Propionate (P) 18.3 20.8 0.87 0.01 

Butyrate 10.9 11.0 0.96 0.31 
A:P ratio 3.28 3.08 0.070 0.01 

Ammonia N (mg/l) 110 126 2.3 0.05 

Microbial N (g/d) 190 220 9.6 0.04 
Uric acid (mmol/d) 22.4 24.6 0.67 0.16 

Allantoin (mmol/d) 308 304 10.4 0.26 

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In the recent years, researchers have demonstrated that the supplementation of fiber degrading enzymes into 

the feeding diets of cattle enhanced the degradation of fibers effectively, thereby improving the feed utilization as 

well as animal performance [9, 17, 18]. 

The solubilization of dietary fiber before ingestion, and provision of readily fermentable substrate for ruminal 

microorganisms and for improvement of microbial enzyme activity in the rumen are considered the most common 

modes of action of direct-fed enzymes [21]. The enzyme yield is known to be influenced by diversified factors viz. 

the specific activity of the enzymes, their mode and level of application, and type of animal and its diet. Direct-fed 

enzymes can also improve the microbial colonization of feed by increasing total counts of ruminal fibrolytic 

microorganisms [22, 23] by enhancing fiber degradation rate in the rumen [14, 24], microbial protein synthesis in 

rumen [16, 25], and forestomach digestibility. The addition of exogenous enzymes to ruminant feeds has shown 

positive impact on feedlot cattle. Further, the fibrolytic enzymes have improved the live weight gain by 35%, and 

feed conversion ratio by 10% [30]. 

 

4. EFFECT OF ANAEROBIC PROBIOTIC ON RABBIT 

Rabbits play a crucial role in the supply of animal proteins for humans and occupy a pivotal position among 

non-ruminants. It can effectively utilize cellulose-rich feed in rations constituting less than 20% of grain [32] 

because of the suitability of its digestive system for high cellulose rich diets [33, 34]. Rabbit are categorized just 

below poultry in term of feed efficiency due to their simple biological properties, short breeding cycle, and high feed 

conversion efficiency rate [35]. A variety of enzymes have been used as potent additives in the feeding diets of non-

ruminants, and they are well-known to improve the rate of absorption of nutrients in the intestines [33, 34, 36]. 

The beneficial impacts of the supplementation of enzymes attribute to a significant reduction in the viscosity of 

digesta in the intestine and the non starch polysaccharides present in the endosperm cell walls [37]. Additionally, 

the supplementation of cellulolytic enzymes to the diet of rabbits has a pronounced positive influence on the weight 

gain [38]. Since, the rate of digestion of fibre and starch in young rabbits is limited [33, 34, 39], the 

supplementation of enzymes increased the dietary digestion as well as performance of young rabbits on starter diets 

[33, 34, 40]. Similar observation was also reported in 30 d old rabbits weaned at 25 d [41]. Previously, researchers 

had demonstrated the mechanism of action of exogenous enzymes on various segments of the rabbit gut. Sequeira, 

et al. [42] showed a significant reduction in the gastric pH due to the addition of enzymes, while enzymes showed 

non-significant affect on the gastric, intestinal, and caecal contents, even in the period following early weaning 

[43]. 

Artificial insemination or natural mating helps to achieve the improved productivity in rabbits [32, 44]. 

Previously, the EZ0 rabbit bucks showed a lower sexual drive than the EZ-supplemented rabbit bucks, coincident 

with a linear increase in blood testosterone levels with ascending levels of the diet EZ additive. The reaction time of 

rabbit bucks was found to be much longer than 4.2s with New Zealand white×Chinchilla rabbit bucks [45] and 14-

21s in Black Baladi and White New Zealand rabbit bucks [46] due to the testosterone and estradiol, which 

synergistically stimulates male sexual behaviour [47]. However, chemo investigation, frequency of mountings, and 

reduced mount latency may stimulate estradiol. The slightly higher blood levels of testosterone in EZ-

supplemented rabbit bucks apparently enhanced reaction time, thereby confirming the low sexual drive due to 

decreased testosterone concentration [48]. The blood testosterone concentration in EZ -supplemented groups was 

higher than in the EZ0 rabbit bucks. The positive influence of the supplementation of exogenous EZ might be 

because of a stimulatory role of nutrients made available to the animal on testicular steroidogenesis, as improved 

nutrition enhances testicular functions, thereby stimulating the synthesis of testosterone [49]. The incorporation of 

EZ to rabbit buck diets remarkably increased sperm concentrations and total sperm counts, indicating that diets 

constituting the enzymatic complex had impact on the spermatogenesis. However, the addition of exogenous 

fibrolytic enzymes in the diets has improved the fibre digestion due to the growth and bioactive proteins of 



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cellulolytic ruminal bacteria [50, 51]. Moreover, the enzyme preparation in the feeding diets could have improved 

intestinal mucosal development, which increases nutrient digestibility, which in turn would promote nourishment of 

the sertoli cells and seminal fluid. Other researchers had documented a remarkable improvement in semen volume, 

and total sperm cells were observed after the ejaculation of rabbit bucks [52, 53]. There is a strong correlation 

between animal nutrition and spermatogenesis, sperm maturation, and male reproductive system development 

[54]. The availability of macronutrients and micronutrients for spermatogenesis was found to be improved due to 

the supplementation of EZ. This might be because of the enhanced endocrine activity of rabbit buck gonads, which 

created a favourable environment for spermatogenesis process. The beneficial impact of the EZ complex dietary 

addition on semen characteristics was expressed in the long term because the spermatogenesis process in rabbit 

bucks takes approximately 47 d [55]. The ejaculate volume observed in the rabbit bucks that received the highest 

EZ level was comparatively higher than the previous reports [56].  

The supplementation of EZ showed not only improvement in the sperm motility but also reduction in the 

abnormal sperm and dead spermatozoa, thereby suggested that dietary manipulation using an EZ additive improved 

the proliferation of sperm cells. This response could be due to the effect of nutritional components on 

neuroendocrine pathways that controls reproduction [57]. A valid assessment for fertility of rabbit bucks was 

obtained through in vitro oestrus cervical mucus penetration test. Previous studies revealed a significant correlation 

between several sperm quality parameters in farm animals [58, 59]. The study showed that the sperm migration 

through cervical mucus was increased due to the EZ complex additives.  

Semen preservation is still a limiting parameter for the extensive commercial application programs in rabbits 

[60]. The survival rate of rabbit sperm drastically decreased after 36 h, and its fertilizing potentiality diminished 

after 16 h of storage [61]. Further, the study revealed that the semen from rabbit bucks receiving the maximal level 

of the EZ preparation showed increased motility than semen from other EZ groups, after 3 d of refrigeration, which 

is against the finding of Carluccio, et al. [61]. This could be due to a greater nutrient availability for rabbit bucks, 

thereby presenting increased sperm cells vitality. The positive effect of improved nutrition of sperm motility in 

other mammals was also documented [62]. This is undoubtedly a pivotal step for the breeding management of 

rabbit bucks. Decrease in the mean GOT and GPT activity in the seminal plasma of EZ supplemented rabbit groups 

was observed. This could be mainly due to a membrane stabilizing property of nutrients made available by the EZ 

complex, causing lesser release of these enzymes in seminal plasma. The leakage of these enzymes proved to be an 

indicator of semen quality [63]. Testes and epididymides are considered to be the possible sources of these enzymes 

[64]. 

 

5. EFFECT OF ANAEROBIC PROBIOTIC ON POULTRY 

Exogenous enzymes are well known for improving the feeding values of feedstuffs [65, 66]. However, it has 

also been documented that enzyme cocktail (carbohydrase and protease) enhanced the productivity [67] and 

digestibility of corn and soybean meal, which induces less viscosity for broilers [68, 69]. The utilization of 

exogenous enzymes as additives in the diets of broiler chicken has gained immense attention because of both 

environmental and economical concern [70]. The efficiency of several commercial enzyme products has been well 

stated, but there is still some vagueness in their mode of action [71]. Moreover, a number of findings reported that 

the digestibility of nutrients in broilers improved due to the supplementation of dietary enzymes [69, 70, 72]. 

Additionally, the incorporation of enzymes accelerated the development of the immune organs [73]. Authors 

hypothesized that the improvement of the nutrient digestibility might be reflected in enhancing immunity [74]. 

ZADO®), a commercial exogenous enzyme mixture product has been shown to improve ruminal fermentation, N 

balance and nutrient digestibility, milk yield [9, 50] live body weight gain (BWG), and feed conversion ratio [4, 18, 

75]. Additionally, the dietary serine protease showed improved BW feed efficiency and digestibility of fat, protein 

[76], and amino acids [77].  



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In another report,  total number of 225 one d-old Hubbard broiler chicks were given the basal diet 

supplemented with 0.1, 0.3, 0.5 and 0.7 kg ZADO®.  ZADO® constitutes a mix of anaerobic bacteria as well as 

xylanases (2.3 U/g), cellulases (7.1 U/g), alpha-amylase (61.5 U/g), and protease (29.2 U/g) in a powder form, 

obtained through an anaerobic fermentation process [4, 50]. The supplementation of 0.5 kg ZADO® in the diets of 

broiler displayed positive impact on the body weight and the liveability of the broilers at the growing period than 

that of fed control diets. Further, the results showed a significant (P≤ 0.05) increment in the body weight at 21 day 

of age for the group supplemented with Z3 than other groups and the same trend was recorded at 35 day of age. 

The Z3 group showed better LBW (P≤ 0.01) than control, Z2, and Z4 groups. The groups supplemented with Z3, 

Z4, and Z2 showed improved daily weight gain than control group. According to the report of Kocher, et al. [78], 

the improved performance was observed due to the inclusion of enzyme cocktail (pectinase, amylase and protease) in 

corn-SBM-based diets for chicks. Cowieson, et al. [79] indicated that exogenous xylanase, amylase, protease, and 

phytase (Avizyme) can be used to maintain the performance of birds fed on a nutritionally rich feeding diet. 

Additionally, Cowieson and Ravindran [69] demonstrated that the supplementation of enzyme product (xylanase, 

amylase, and protease) into corn-SBM based broiler diets improved BWG and feed efficiency, without affecting the 

feed intake values. Further, authors also reported that the supplementation of enzyme cocktail can improve the 

energy and amino acid values of corn-SBM-based diets, thereby offering economic values to producers. The 

incorporation of enzymes in corn-SBM-based diets improved starch digestibility, improved access to cell contents, 

modified the intestinal microbiota, and improved protein solubility. In another report, Saleh, et al. [67] 

demonstrated that the commercial enzymes constituting carbohydrases and protease (Energex) improved the 

productivity (BWG and FCR) of broilers fed corn-SBM-based diets, without influencing the feed intake values. 

Zanella, et al. [80] demonstrated that the supplementation of xylanase, amylase, and protease improved the energy 

and amino acid digestibility of a corn-SBM-based diet for broilers. Additionally, Kalmendal and Tauson [70] 

reported the improved FCR due to the supplementation of the combination of xylanase and serine protease. 

Moreover, Gracia, et al. [72] demonstrated improved BWG and FCR by 4 to 9% in amylase-supplemented diet 

compared to the control diet. Remus, et al. [81] summarized the influence of a combination of xylanase, amylase, 

and protease on ileal digestibility of amino acids for 5 broiler trials and recorded a mean response value of about 2%.   

The plasma protein profile of broilers was affected due to the dose dependent supplementation of ZADO® in 

feeding diets. Significant increment in the total protein and globulin content was estimated, while no significant 

differences were observed in the albumin content. These findings had influenced the A/G ratio, thereby reflecting 

improvement in broilers immunity. Further, the study showed significant improvement in the relative weight of the 

spleen and bursa due to the supplementation of 0.5kg ZADO® into corn-based diets, suggesting that the addition of 

enzyme stimulated the development of the immune organ. No significant differences in calcium and phosphorus 

levels were noticed. The concentration of plasma thyroid hormones differed significantly among various treatments. 

Additionally, ZADO® supplementation reduced the cholesterol level in plasma, indicating that the enzyme 

additives may contribute a decisive role in the lipid metabolisms of broiler. 

 

6. EFFECT OF ANAEROBIC PROBIOTIC ON FISH 

Certain enzymes are known to deactivate the anti-nutritional components, and improve the nutritive value of 

plant-associated proteins in the feeding diets of fish. Previous report demonstrated the feeding trial strategy in 

order to evaluate the impact of ZADO® (containing amylases, proteases, cellulases, and xylanases) supplementation 

on the survival, growth, and carcass characteristics in rabbitfish. The additives caused enhancement in the total 

weight gain, body weight gain, and specific growth rate of rabbitfish, thereby stimulating the growth performance 

as well as nutrient utilization. 

 

 



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7. EFFECT OF ANAEROBIC PROBIOTIC ON BEEF 

The ZADO® treatment has been known to improve the daily voluntary DM intakes, rumen microbial N 

synthesis, and digestibility of all nutrients in beef.  Further, the additive increased the (P<0.05) the rumen ammonia 

N and total volatile fatty acids (TVFA's) concentrations before and 3 h post-feeding. A significant increase in the 

Daily gain due to ZADO® supplementation was due to the positive impact on the nutrient intake and digestibility, 

ruminal fermentation, and microbial protein synthesis. Increased ammonia N concentration in cows may probably 

be due to the presence of protease. Previous reports demonstrated that the supplementation of enzyme to diets 

increased gain probably because of the improved digestibility as well as energy available for the growth [15, 16, 

30].   

 

Funding: This study received no specific financial support. 
Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. 
Contributors/Acknowledgement: All authors contributed equally to the conception and design of the 
study. 

 

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