閆軼潔,馮占雨
(1.北京大北農科技集團股份有限公司,北京 100080;2.國家飼料工程技術研究中心,北京 100193)
酵母源生物飼料在畜牧業中的應用較為廣泛,其產品多樣,通常劃分為飼料酵母、活性酵母、酵母培養物、酵母細胞壁多糖、酵母水解物、復合酵母以及酵母作載體,表達優秀外源基因的“生物合成”產品。
1.2.1 干燥和包裝
活性干酵母實際上是處于“冬眠狀態”,并且其是活的生物體,遇到水和糖分后,就會“蘇醒”,繁殖生長。實際生產中,為了保持其活性,需要采用現代生物技術和先進設備將生產的酵母細胞干燥成水分在5%以下的產品。經過嚴格的干燥過程,利用真空或填充惰性氣體包裝的干酵母可以在1年內保持其活性。如果未按要求生產,活性干酵母的活性下降很快,品質大大降低。
1.2.2 菌種
酵母種類有1 000多種,但并非都能發揮其特有的功能。Newbold等研究發現,釀酒酵母菌株NCYC240,NCYC1026和商業制劑Yea-sac,能刺激瘤胃模擬裝置中總厭氧菌和纖維分解菌的生長,而NCYC694和NCYC1088則無此功能[1]。
1.2.3 日糧類型
在動物體內酵母是作為活的生命體發揮作用的,動物腸道內食糜是其發酵基質,所以不同的日糧組成會影響其發酵,由此產生的活性物質也會有所差異。反芻動物的精料組成、纖維來源以及單胃動物日糧組成、抗生素的類型及數量都會影響活酵母的作用效果。即使同一產品的活酵母菌制劑在相同階段、同種動物上的應用結果也不盡一致,可能主要受日糧組成的影響[2-6]。
活性酵母進入瘤胃后會大量消耗瘤胃內氧氣,降低氧濃度,從而提高厭氧菌數量,特別是能有效激活乳酸利用菌和纖維素分解菌,增加反芻動物的采食量,提高家畜對粗飼料的利用率,從而對生產性能起到改善作用[7-10]。Maloney等在玉米-豆粕型日糧中添加百福菌SC47飼喂斷奶仔豬,使仔豬日增重增加,改善飼料轉化率[2]。Heugten等在日糧中使用同種產品與高銅鋅及抗生素組對比,發現高銅鋅及抗生素組日糧同時添加酵母使仔豬采食量、平均日增重均提高[11]。但Hancock等和Hildabrand等向斷奶仔豬日糧中單獨添加酵母菌或與卡巴氧聯用未能顯著改善仔豬的生產性能[3,5]。Hildabrand等將酵母菌與硫酸新霉素聯用添加到飼料中顯著提高了仔豬生產性能[4]。雷宏俊等使用布拉啤酒酵母飼喂妊娠和哺乳母豬,降低了斷奶時母豬的體重損失,顯著降低了斷奶仔豬死亡率,提高了哺乳期母豬采食量[12]。Onifade等使用活性干酵母飼喂肉雞,提高了其養分消化率及平均增重、料肉比[13]。Thrune等給哺乳晚期的荷斯坦奶牛飼喂活性干釀酒酵母,能夠提高其瘤胃內pH,從而降低亞急性瘤胃酸中毒的發生,以及瘤胃內總VFA的值[14]。Seymour等在斷奶前后的犢牛料中加入面包酵母,可降低犢牛的發病率[15]。Adams等在荷斯坦奶牛料中使用活性酵母 Yea-Saccl026,結果發現對其產奶量產生積極影響[16]。Gtiger-Reverdin等在奶山羊飼料中加入啤酒酵母,可使低蛋白日糧組的奶山羊產奶量與對照組奶山羊的產奶量相當[17]。Wohlt等在荷斯坦奶牛飼料中加入速酵源,顯著提高了哺乳初期奶牛干物質進食量、產奶量以及粗蛋白和酸性洗滌纖維的消化率[18]。Hill等在玉米-豆粕型日糧中加入活酵母飼喂荷斯坦、娟姍犢牛,結果表明,添加活酵母制劑4 g·d-1,63日齡娟姍犢牛末重更大[19]。Moallem等在小麥青貯飼糧中添加百福菌SC47,奶牛日產奶量提高4%,4%乳脂矯正奶提高6.1%。炎熱季節添加活酵母,一定程度上改善了瘤胃環境,提高了干物質進食量,并使生產性能和效率獲得提升[20]。Tomislav等在玉米-豆粕型日糧中添加百福菌飼喂哺乳晚期的克羅地亞雜交奶山羊,使奶羊第 23和27周產奶量顯著增加,整個試驗階段,酵母組奶山羊平均產奶量比對照組高(分別為630.28±92.34和 604.60±83.21),而且酵母組羊奶中乳脂比例顯著提高[21]。
酵母作為活的細胞前體,進入胃腸道后繁殖和活力加強,能有效抑制病原微生物的繁殖。原因可能是酵母菌在宿主體內可以競爭性抑制病原菌對氧氣和營養物質的攝入,從而降低有害菌的數量;酵母細胞壁外膜含有約甘露聚糖6.6%,其結構類似腸道上皮細胞膜表面的甘露糖殘基,可競爭性的降低某些大腸桿菌和沙門氏菌對腸道的黏附[7,22];活酵母可以起到殺菌作用。王學東等在妊娠和哺乳母豬日糧中添加安琪活性干酵母,提高了哺乳母豬的采食量及斷奶仔豬成活率,并且改善了母豬胃內菌群結構[23]。潘寶海等使用釀酒酵母飼喂21日齡斷奶仔豬,結果表明,飼料中添加釀酒酵母可在一定程度上替代黃霉素等藥物添加劑。飼料中添加酵母制劑可改善21日齡斷奶仔豬消化道微生物區系,促進有益菌的增殖,對大腸桿菌等有害菌的生長有抑制效果[24]。Line等給肉仔雞飼喂釀酒酵母后,以沙門氏菌和彎曲桿菌攻毒,并以轉運為應激條件,結果顯示,應激過程中沙門氏菌和彎曲桿菌在肉仔雞體內定植的數量顯著降低[25]。Wohlt等在肉牛大麥日糧中添加酵母+微生態產品,結果顯示,酵母與細菌聯合使用在緩解瘤胃酸中毒和提高瘤胃發酵能力及營養物質消化率方面無顯著作用[26]。
Buts等發現,在人類志愿者和斷奶大鼠口服釀酒酵母后,小腸黏膜二糖酶的活性有所增強[27]。這對防止下痢、提高機體健康程度有積極意義。Buts等進一步推斷,二糖酶活性受活酵母釋放的多胺(精胺和亞精胺)的調控[28]。
酵母細胞壁的葡聚糖和甘露聚糖在消化道內會刺激網狀內皮系統,促進機體產生巨噬細胞。在機體免疫系統中,巨噬細胞可以吞噬和清除體內的異物、病原體和自身衰老細胞。Jurgens等將釀酒酵母應用于玉米-豆粕型日糧飼喂仔豬,能夠提高其日增重和飼料報酬;飼喂妊娠母豬和哺乳母豬,提高了母豬乳中γ-球蛋白的含量[29]。
相對于其他無生命的酵母飼料或發酵培養物,活性干酵母是作為活菌制劑進入動物體發揮作用的。除了本身具有一定的營養價值(酶、維生素、氨基酸和促生長因子)外,還會在機體代謝過程中產生多種有益活性物質,改善消化道微生物環境,促進有益菌定植,提高動物的健康。活性酵母菌等益生菌不僅被廣泛用于飼料和飲水中,還被噴灑到畜舍內。近年來發酵床養殖模式的成功,主要是靠微生物的分解與轉化能力,而活酵母菌一般作為制作發酵床的眾多菌種之一,與其他非真菌微生物一起協同作用,在養殖生態系統中完成物質與能量的轉化。隨著人們對抗生素弊端認識的不斷深入,活性酵母菌、乳酸菌和芽孢桿菌等在動物生產中利用最廣的益生微生物將越來越受人們的重視。
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