Provided is an animal feed additive including: 20 to 50 wt % of a salt of lactic acid and stearic acid ester; and 50 to 80 wt % of one kind of salt selected from the group consisting of a salt of lactic acid and palmitic acid ester, a salt of lactic acid and lauric acid ester, and mixtures thereof. The lactic acid is a monomer or a dimer. The salt is a sodium salt, a calcium salt, or a potassium salt.

The present invention relates to a composition for ameliorating viral infections in nursery pigs. The composition contains the polyether ionophore narasin, and is supplied to the nursery pigs in an orally-acceptable form. The composition is effective in reducing viral shedding and the severity of diarrhea after challenge of nursery pigs with Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV).

The present invention relates to a composition for ameliorating viral infections in nursery pigs. The composition contains the polyether ionophore narasin, and is supplied to the nursery pigs in an orally-acceptable form. The composition is effective in reducing viral shedding and the severity of diarrhea after challenge of nursery pigs with Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV).

Engineered food to promote health and maintain homeostasis in a subject and methods of producing the food.

Engineered food to promote health and maintain homeostasis in a subject and methods of producing the food.

There is provided an exemplary method of treating weaning piglets to induce weight gain, or to prevent a reduction in rate of weight gain, the method comprising exposing the weaning piglets to a rabbit maternal pheromone having an interomone effect. In an exemplary embodiment, the rabbit maternal pheromone is trans-2-methyl-2-butenal. The method may include the step of applying the rabbit maternal pheromone to a feeder for the weaning piglets. Moreover, the rabbit maternal pheromone may be applied to a feeder (or to the feed) for the weaning piglets at least once during a first week of weaning. Further, the method may include weighing the weaning piglets at intervals to determine a rate of weight gain, and measuring an amount of feed consumed by the weaning piglets to calculate the amount of weight gained per unit of feed consumed.

There is provided an exemplary method of treating weaning piglets to induce weight gain, or to prevent a reduction in rate of weight gain, the method comprising exposing the weaning piglets to a rabbit maternal pheromone having an interomone effect. In an exemplary embodiment, the rabbit maternal pheromone is trans-2-methyl-2-butenal. The method may include the step of applying the rabbit maternal pheromone to a feeder for the weaning piglets. Moreover, the rabbit maternal pheromone may be applied to a feeder (or to the feed) for the weaning piglets at least once during a first week of weaning. Further, the method may include weighing the weaning piglets at intervals to determine a rate of weight gain, and measuring an amount of feed consumed by the weaning piglets to calculate the amount of weight gained per unit of feed consumed.

A method for the production of a hydrolysate comprising: (a) admixing at least one protein or a portion thereof with: (A) at least one endoprotease; and (B) (a′) at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase or fermentate comprising a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having: Proline at P1; and synthetic amino acids at P1; or (b′) at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having: Proline at PV; and synthetic amino acids at PV; and (b) recovering the hydrolysate. The invention also relates to methods for producing a hydrolysate comprising the use of an endoprotease an exo-tripeptidyl peptidase of the S53 family and an aminopeptidase, to uses of a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase, compositions, food and/or feed additive compositions comprising the same, as well as hydrolysates and uses of proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidases.

A method for the production of a hydrolysate comprising: (a) admixing at least one protein or a portion thereof with: (A) at least one endoprotease; and (B) (a′) at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase or fermentate comprising a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having: Proline at P1; and synthetic amino acids at P1; or (b′) at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having: Proline at PV; and synthetic amino acids at PV; and (b) recovering the hydrolysate. The invention also relates to methods for producing a hydrolysate comprising the use of an endoprotease an exo-tripeptidyl peptidase of the S53 family and an aminopeptidase, to uses of a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase, compositions, food and/or feed additive compositions comprising the same, as well as hydrolysates and uses of proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidases.

An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for producing fermented soybean meal, which produces fermented soybean meal for monogastric animals and ruminant selectively or together. An apparatus for producing fermented soybean meal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a solid-liquid separating part, which mixes raw material soybean meal and an extraction solvent and extracts the soybean meal, and separately produces a remaining soybean meal and a soybean meal extract; a lactic acid bacteria culturing part, which produces the lactic acid bacteria by putting inoculum into the soybean meal extract, and supplies the lactic acid bacteria to the solid-liquid separating part; a solid substrate fermenting part, which is selectively supplied with and mixes at least two of the remaining soybean meal supplied from the solid-liquid separating part, the raw material soybean meal supplied through bypass, and lactic acid bacteria supplied from the lactic acid bacteria culturing part to produce a mixed material, and solid-substrate ferments the mixed material to produce primary solid substrate fermented soybean meal; and a drier, which dries the primary solid substrate fermented soybean meal supplied from the solid substrate fermenting part to produce secondary solid substrate fermented soybean meal.