By using crop residue and other agricultural and forestry wastes as the raw material, the high value-added low-polyxylase pollution-free feed additive has been successfully developed by adopting modern biotechnology for deep processing. This pioneering research achievement developed by scientists from the Nanjing Forestry University passed the key and important science and technology research achievement appraisal recently in Nanjing by the State Forestry Bureau.

Low-polyxylose is a new emerging functional food additive in recent years in the world. Due to technical reasons, the application of low-polyxylose in feed has not been developed until recently.
The Institute of Bio-chemistry, Nanjing Forestry University under the leadership of its president Professor Yu Shiyuan, through many years of efforts, has taken the lead in successfully developing low-polyxylose feed additive. Through large-scale egg layer husbandry experiment, the addition of low-polyxylose additive in one kg of feed costs only 0.015 RMB, which can increase egg production by 5~7%, and the cholesterol content of eggs can be reduced by 30~60%. The addition of low-polyxylose can improve chicken’s disease resistance, decrease mortality by 6% and reduce drug administration by 15~30%. The annual gross profit per 1000 chicken can be increase by 1890~3460 RMB, an improvement of 17%~28%. The experiment of using low-polyxylose in ducks, pigs, fishes and shrimps and other special aquaculture products has also achieved significant effects.

The successful development of low-polyxylose as a feed additive has important significance in reducing drug residue in livestock and poultry products, increasing foreign exchange earning capacity and protecting human health.

Source: www.pigswine.com