METHOD FOR PREPARING AN ENHANCED DIGESTIBILITY AND STOOL INDEX MODULATING COMPOSITION FOR AN ANIMAL

摘要

A method for increasing the diet digestibility of food for an animal and modulating the firmness of fecal droppings (or stool index or excreta) of an animal which comprises conditioning an aqueous meat slurry comprising fat and meat (protein) by homogenizing and emulsifying the fat and meat ingredients in water, treating the conditioned slurry with an effective amount of an enzyme composition under conditions of pH and temperature for a time effective to cause hydrolysis resulting in the production of an enhanced digestibility and stool index modulating composition and utilizing this composition as an animal food or incorporating this stool index improving composition into an animal food, in an amount effective to modulate the stool index of animal droppings, and increase the food digestibility.