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BioZyme® Relies on AO-Biotics® to Accomplish its Mission
Digestive health is key to successful animal production. At BioZyme® Inc., we know that good digestive health, as well as nutrition, are the cornerstone of a good health protocol.
Nutrition and health work synergistically. It’s fairly well-known that 70% of the immune system is found within the digestive system, and a healthy immune response leads to a healthy animal. That is one reason that BioZyme places such an emphasis on digestive health in its nutrition products and feed additives.
BioZyme has served the agriculture industry as an innovator in fermentation and animal health for more than 70 years. What started as a small feed store in the Saint Joseph, Missouri Stockyards has flourished. Today, BioZyme is a global company that manufactures and sells its own line of fermentation products, AO-Biotics®, produced from a proprietary strain of the Aspergillus oryzae, a filamentous fungus.
At BioZyme, our motto is to provide care that comes full circle. That means we want to provide the best possible care to every animal every day. We do that by providing research-proven products to solve animal agriculture’s greatest challenges.
In addition to these products, the BioZyme family of brands manufactures supplements and animal health products for a variety of animals, including cattle, swine, poultry, sheep, goats, horses, dogs and cats.
Our mission: an undeniable impact on the health and wellness of your animals and your business.
BioZyme uses fermentation and knowledge to enable passionate solutions that promote healthy animals.
In 1968, BioZyme’s founder, Larry Ehlert, purchased a patent and marketing rights to an unheard-of direct-fed microbial produced from Aspergillus oryzae.
Today, that product is now known as a prebiotic and is marketed as AO-Biotics® Amaferm®. More recently BioZyme has leveraged fermentation expertise to release a postbiotic for layers, AO Biotics® EQE, also derived from A. oryzae.
AO-Biotics Amaferm is a prebiotic research-proven to enhance digestibility. It has more than 111 published and/or presented research studies proving its increase in digestibility and, ultimately, its impact on the animal. The result of including Amaferm in the diet can be succinctly summarized as more performance for less cost.
“Amaferm stimulates the growth of energy-harvesting bacteria, resulting in greater volatile fatty acid production (VFA) in the rumen. Volatile fatty acids serve as the primary energy source for ruminants, and an improvement in VFA production by 16% from feeding Amaferm is nutritionally the same as feeding a pound of DDGs per head per day,” said Chris Cassady, Ph.D., BioZyme Director of Beef Technical Sales.
“Unlocking more energy from within affords the animal additional energy available for growth, improved body condition and an earlier onset of puberty. Elevated energy levels have also been shown to improve the production of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH), which are crucial to the effective onset of ovulation in heifers. Obviously, these are essential for reproductive success, meaning that the prebiotic Amaferm can help support breed-ups without any risks of grain-fed, overweight heifers.”
In 2023, BioZyme introduced AO-Biotics EQE, the first-and-only AO postbiotic developed specifically for layers. Unlike many other postbiotics, AO-Biotics EQE starts with BioZyme’s proprietary strain of AO and is tailored to address specific production challenges.
AO-Biotics EQE is research-proven to:
“Through the AO-Biotics brand, BioZyme aims to offer a line of prebiotics and postbiotics matched to specific animal health challenges, well-being and productivity. The way we have developed these products is truly innovative and a game-changer for the industry,” said Cesar Ocasio, Ph.D., Senior Manager of Business Development and Innovation.
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