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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

Naheeda Khan
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Loughbrough, Leics. LE12 5RD.
D.J.A. Cole
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Loughbrough, Leics. LE12 5RD.
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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.

Type
Non-Ruminant Nutrition
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1993

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