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The effect of dietary inclusions of phytase and yeast on apparent phosphorus digestibility in pigs.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 November 2017
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Enzymic hydrolysis of phytates has been shown to improve the apparent digestibility of phosphorus. Other nutrients bound to phytates may be released during phytate degradation by phytases. Dietary yeast may also improve the availability of phosphorus to pigs by altering gut fermentation patterns.
The objectives of this experiment were (1) to study the effects of phytase on the apparent digestibility of phosphorus and other nutrients associated with phytates, and (2) to determine whether an alteration in fermentation induced by dietary yeast inclusion influenced availability of phosphorus.
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- Non-Ruminant Nutrition
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- Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1993: Winter meeting , March 1993 , pp. 63
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- Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1993
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