Owners of racehorses add oats to the supplemental feed to provide both extra protein for muscle repair and extra carbohydrates for the quick energy needed by these active horses. The excess starch in oats is processed in the large intestine. As you have learned, this may cause problems in horses. One proposed preventive treatment is to add a microbial amylase that functions at a wide range of pH to the supplemental feed. How could this help?