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MORE RECENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Mike Bedford, AB Vista Research Director and speaker at IFS, answers some of the top questions asked during the conference

What is a ‘stimbiotic’?
Do you think Stimbiotic will replace NSPase in the next future?
How is a new understanding of fibre opening up new horizons for feed formulators?
What’s the future for fibre in monogastric nutrition?
Do you think that to optimise fibre fermentation in a beneficial way we will need to feed our pigs and poultry with beneficial AXOS combination more than a xylanase ? Or nspase combination where it seems difficult to control what is released ?
In terms of the three hypotheses commonly used to explain the mode of action of fibre-degrading enzymes, could you explain the relevance of the viscosity, cell wall and prebiotic mechanisms for corn-soy diets?
What does the prebiotic (‘signalling’) mechanism mean in real terms for feed manufacturers, producers and nutritionists?

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