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Ren Y, Zhao T, Zhang K, Zhu Z, Li L, Li Y, Jiang S, Jiao N, Yang W. Effect of replacing dicalcium phosphate with mono-dicalcium phosphate to supplement phosphorus on laying performance, phosphorus-calcium metabolism and bone metabolism of aged laying hens. Front Vet Sci 2023; 10:1196334. [PMID: 37332735 PMCID: PMC10275408 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1196334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023] Open
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of replacing dicalcium phosphate (DCP) with mono-dicalcium phosphate (MDCP) to formulate low-phosphorus (P) diets on laying performance, egg quality, phosphorus-calcium metabolism, and bone metabolism of 69-78-week-old aged laying hens. Hy-Line Brown laying hens (n = 1,350, 69 weeks old) were randomly assigned to six treatments, each with five replicates of 45 hens. A corn-soybean meal-based diet was formulated to contain 0.12% non-phytate phosphorus (NPP), 3.81% calcium (Ca), and 1,470 FTU/kg phytase. The control group (CON) was supplemented with DCP inorganic phosphorus (Pi) at the NPP level of 0.20% (dietary NPP levels of 0.32%). Test groups (T1-T5) were supplemented with MDCP Pi at NPP levels of 0.07%, 0.11%, 0.15%, 0.18, and 0.20% (dietary NPP levels of 0.19, 0.23, 0.27, 0.30, and 0.32%, respectively). Calcium carbonate levels were adjusted to ensure all experimental diets contained the same Ca levels (3.81%). The feeding trial lasted 10 weeks, with hens increasing in age from 69 to 78 weeks. When supplemented with 1,470 FTU/kg phytase, extra DCP Pi or MDCP Pi did not affect (p > 0.05) laying performance (day laying rate, average egg weight, feed intake, feed-to-egg mass ratio, broken egg rate), egg quality (eggshell strength, albumen height, haugh units), or serum P, Ca, copper (Cu), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), and manganese (Mn) levels. However, when laying hens were fed MDCP Pi (NPP levels of 0.07 to 0.20%), yolk color improved (p = 0.0148). The tibia breaking strength was significantly higher (p < 0.05) in the 0.18 and 0.20% NPP MDCP Pi groups than in the 0.20% NPP DCP Pi group. The breaking strength, Ca content, and P content of tibia in 0.11% and 0.15% NPP MDCP Pi hens were not significantly (p > 0.05) different from those in 0.20% NPP DCP Pi hens. Hens fed 0.07% NPP MDCP Pi had higher (p < 0.01) serum levels of osteoprotegerin (OPG), type-I collagen c-telopeptide (CTX-I), and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase 5b (TRACP-5b) than those in all other groups. Serum levels of TRACP-5b and CTX-I in the 0.11% and 0.15% NPP MDCP Pi group were significantly lower than those in 0.18 and 0.20% NPP MDCP Pi groups and the 0.20% NPP DCP Pi group (p < 0.0001). Hens fed 0.07% and 0.11% NPP MDCP Pi had higher (p < 0.05) serum levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH) than those in all other groups. No differences were detected in serum calcitonin (CT), 1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D3 (1,25-(OH)2D3), bone alkaline phosphatase (BAP), osteocalcin(OCN), and osteopontin (OPN) among all groups (p > 0.05). The expression of P transporters type IIa Na/Pi cotransporter (NaPi-IIa) in 0.11% and 0.15% NPP MDCP Pi hens were higher than those in 0.20% NPP MDCP Pi group and 0.20% NPP DCP Pi group (p < 0.05). The results indicated that both renal P reabsorption and bone resorption were involved in adapting to a low-P diet. In summary, when MDCP was used instead of DCP to supplement P, NPP levels could be reduced to 0.11% (dietary NPP level of 0.23%) without negative effects on laying performance and skeletal health of aged hens. In addition, MDCP was more beneficial than DCP for tibia quality. The results of the current study would provide references for the application of MDCP in low-P diets of aged laying hens.
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- Yuechang Ren
- Department of Animal Sciences and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
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- Department of Animal Sciences and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
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- Department of Animal Sciences and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
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- Laiyang Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau, Yantai, China
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- Department of Animal Sciences and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
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- Department of Animal Sciences and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
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- Department of Animal Sciences and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
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- Department of Animal Sciences and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
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Moradi S, Abdollahi MR, Moradi A, Jamshidi L. Effect of Bacterial Phytase on Growth Performance, Nutrient Utilization, and Bone Mineralization in Broilers Fed Pelleted Diets. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:ani13091450. [PMID: 37174487 PMCID: PMC10177589 DOI: 10.3390/ani13091450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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The influence of a bacterial 6-phytase on growth performance, coefficient of apparent ileal digestibility (CAID) of nutrients, blood parameters, and bone mineralization in broilers was evaluated. A total of 630 one-day-old male broilers were allocated to 7 dietary treatments, including positive control (PC) diet containing dicalcium phosphate, the PC marginally reduced in available P (avP) by 0.1% and calcium (Ca) by 0.2% vs. PC (NC1) or moderately reduced by 0.15 and 0.3% vs. PC (NC2), respectively, and four further diets comprising the NC1 and NC2 supplemented with 500 or 1000 FTU/kg of phytase in starter and finisher phases. A constant Ca to avP ratio was maintained across all diets. The body weight gain (BWG) and feed per unit gain (FCR) of birds fed NC1 and NC2 diets supplemented with phytase (500 and 1000 U/kg) was equivalent to that of birds fed the PC diet at 35 days. Phytase supplementation in the NC1 diet linearly increased the CAID of nitrogen (N) (p < 0.01), phosphorus (P) (p < 0.01), and Ca (p < 0.05). Additionally, phytase reduced (p < 0.01) excreta P concentration by approximately 27%, improved (p < 0.001) toe ash, and tended to increase tibia ash (p = 0.08), comparable with the PC. In conclusion, the addition of bacterial 6-phytase dosed in the range of 500-1000 FTU/kg was effective in replacing 1.5 g/kg avP and 3 g/kg Ca in broilers fed pelleted diets, using bone quality, BWG, and FCR as outcome measures.
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- Soudabeh Moradi
- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Razi University, Kermanshah 85438-67156, Iran
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- Monogastric Research Center, School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Razi University, Kermanshah 85438-67156, Iran
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Ilam University, Ilam 516-69315, Iran
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Yin F, Chen C, Chen J, He X, Xia C, Wang R. Determination of non-phytate phosphorus requirement for slow-growing feather-frizzled broilers from 1 to 21 days of age. Anim Feed Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2022.115397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Marchal L, Bello A, Sobotik EB, Archer G, Dersjant-Li Y. A novel consensus bacterial 6-phytase variant completely replaced inorganic phosphate in broiler diets, maintaining growth performance and bone quality: data from two independent trials. Poult Sci 2021; 100:100962. [PMID: 33652522 PMCID: PMC7936205 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.12.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Total replacement of dietary inorganic phosphate (Pi) by a novel consensus bacterial 6-phytase variant (PhyG) in phytate-rich diets (>0.3% phytate-P) was investigated in 2 trials using growth performance and bone quality as outcome measures. Both trials utilized a completely randomized design with 5 dietary treatments across 4 phases: starter (0-10 d), grower (10-21 d), finisher 1 (21-35 d), and finisher 2 (35-42 d). Treatments comprised a nutritionally adequate positive control (PC) diet containing monocalcium phosphate and 4 experimental diets (IPF1, IPF2, IPF3, and IPF4), all containing no added Pi and reduced in Ca by 0.2 to 0.3% units vs. PC. IPF1contained PhyG at 1,000 FTU/kg (all phases); IPF2 contained PhyG at 1,000 FTU/kg (all phases) and was additionally reduced in digestible AA, ME, and sodium (-0.2 to -0.4% points, -74 kcal/kg, -0.04% points, respectively, vs. PC); IPF3 contained PhyG at 3,000 FTU/kg in starter, 2,000 FTU/kg in grower, and 1,000 FTU/kg in finisher phases; and IPF4 contained xylanase (2,000 U/kg) and PhyG (2,000 FTU/kg in starter, 1,500 FTU/kg in grower, and 1,000 FTU/kg in finisher phases) and was additionally reduced in ME (-71 kcal/kg vs. PC). Ross 308 broilers were used (trial 1: n = 1,200 mixed sex; 24 birds per pen × 10 replicates; trial 2: n = 1,300 males; 26 birds × 10 replicates). During all phases in both trials, all IPF treatments maintained or improved BW, ADG, ADFI, FCR and BW-corrected FCRc and bone quality parameters vs. PC. vs. PC, treatment IPF3 increased ADG during starter phase (+10.8%) and reduced overall FCRc (-12 points, P < 0.05) in Trial 1, and increased overall ADG (+4.4%), day 35 and day 42 BW (+3.5%, +4.9%), and reduced overall FCRc (-11 points) in Trial 2 (P < 0.05). IPF4 produced equivalent performance to IPF3 (both trials). These are the first data to demonstrate total replacement of Pi by microbial phytase during an entire growth cycle in broiler diets.
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- L Marchal
- Animal Nutrition, DuPont Nutrition and Biosciences, 2342 BH Oegstgeest, the Netherlands; Animal Nutrition Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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- Animal Nutrition, DuPont Nutrition and Biosciences, 2342 BH Oegstgeest, the Netherlands
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- Department of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, 77843-2472 USA
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- Department of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, 77843-2472 USA
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- Animal Nutrition, DuPont Nutrition and Biosciences, 2342 BH Oegstgeest, the Netherlands
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Effects and interaction of dietary calcium and nonphytate phosphorus for slow-growing yellow-feathered broilers between 56 and 84 d of age. Poult Sci 2021; 100:101024. [PMID: 33813324 PMCID: PMC8047975 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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This experiment investigated the effect and interaction of dietary calcium (Ca) and nonphytate phosphorus (NPP) on growth performance, tibial characteristics, carcass traits, and meat quality for slow-growing yellow-feathered broilers during 56 to 84 d of age. A 3 × 3 factorial arrangement was used, and 720 56-day-old broilers were randomly divided into 9 groups and fed with diets containing different levels of Ca (0.70, 0.80, 0.90%) and NPP (0.30, 0.35, 0.40%) for 28 d. The dietary Ca level affected the ADFI of yellow-feathered broilers (P < 0.05), and the ADFI of birds fed with 0.90% Ca was increased (P < 0.05) compared with that of birds fed with 0.70% Ca. Birds received 0.35 or 0.40% NPP had higher final BW, ADG, and ADFI than those fed with 0.30% NPP (P < 0.05). The tibial diameter of birds fed with 0.80% Ca was increased compared with that of other groups (P < 0.05). The dietary NPP level did not affect tibial characteristics (P > 0.05). The dietary Ca level did not affect carcass traits (P > 0.05). When broilers were fed with 0.30% P, the semieviscerated percentage was increased compared with birds fed with 0.40% NPP (P < 0.05). The dietary Ca level had significant effects on the L∗ value and shear force of the breast muscle, and the dietary NPP level affected the L∗ value and drip loss of the breast muscle (P < 0.05). Furthermore, the effect of interaction between the level of Ca and NPP was observed on the L∗ and a∗ value (P < 0.05). In conclusion, dietary Ca had influence on performance, tibial characteristics, and meat quality of yellow-feathered broilers, and dietary NPP affected performance, tibial characteristics, and carcass traits. Furthermore, the effect of interaction between the dietary Ca and NPP level was observed on carcass traits and meat quality. Considering all aforementioned indicators, 0.80% Ca and 0.35% NPP were recommended for slow-growing yellow-feathered broilers aged 57 to 84 d of age.
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Jing M, Zhao S, Rogiewicz A, Slominski BA, House JD. Effects of phytase supplementation on production performance, egg and bone quality, plasma biochemistry and mineral excretion of layers fed varying levels of phosphorus. Animal 2020; 15:100010. [PMID: 33515998 DOI: 10.1016/j.animal.2020.100010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Revised: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Excessive fecal excretion of phosphorus (P) has increasingly become an environmental issue due to oversupply of P in layer rations, and thus it is imperative to minimize safety margins for P to ensure the sustainability of the egg industry. In this study, a 12-week feeding trial (22 to 34 weeks of age) was conducted to evaluate the effects of phytase supplementation on production performance, plasma biochemistry, egg and bone quality and P excretion of laying hens fed various levels of non-phytate P (NPP). Forty-eight Lohmann white laying hens were randomly allocated to one of six corn-soybean meal-oat-based diets: diets containing 2.0, 2.5 or 3.0 g/kg NPP without phytase, and diets containing 1.0, 1.5 or 2.0 g/kg NPP with phytase (1 000 U/kg diet) where phytase inclusion was expected to provide 1.0 g/kg NPP to laying hens, thus making the phytase-unsupplemented treatment served as a control for the phytase-supplemented treatment accordingly. Productive performance was recorded during the experimental period. Blood and egg samples were collected, and digestibility studies were conducted at weeks 6 and 12 of the experiment. Bone mineralization was evaluated at the end of the experiment. Egg weight and egg production, feed consumption, BW and feed conversion ratio of laying hens fed lower NPP diets supplemented with phytase were comparable to those of hens fed high NPP phytase-unsupplemented controls. Eggshell thickness, specific gravity, Haugh units, tibia bone mineral density, tibia ash percent, plasma P and other biochemical parameters were not significantly different among dietary treatments. Total P intake, excretion and retention were affected by diet (P < 0.001), but its deposition in eggs was not significantly different. Contrast analysis further showed that total P excretion of phytase present vs phytase absent was averagely reduced by 40.4 mg/hen per day (P < 0.01). Moreover, total P excretion was linearly (P < 0.01) reduced with lowering dietary NPP, and this relationship was similar regardless of whether phytase was supplemented or not. The results from this study indicated that NPP levels in laying hen diets could be reduced to 1.0 g/kg (excluding the portion of NPP released by phytase) with the inclusion of phytase, without negative effects on production performance and health of the hens, thereby diminishing P excretion into environment.
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- M Jing
- Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada; Department of Animal Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada.
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The adaptability of Hy-Line Brown laying hens to low-phosphorus diets supplemented with phytase. Poult Sci 2020; 99:3525-3531. [PMID: 32616248 PMCID: PMC7597811 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.03.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2019] [Revised: 03/07/2020] [Accepted: 03/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Body phosphorus homeostasis network allows laying hens to adapt to wide range of changes in dietary phosphorus levels. Phytase hydrolyzes phytate rendering phosphorus and reduces the laying hens' requirements for inorganic phosphate rock. Here, we demonstrate that there is no need to keep large safety margins in dietary phosphorus when hens are fed with phytase. Hy-Line Brown laying hens (n = 504) were randomly assigned to 7 treatments (6 replicates of 12 birds). A corn-soybean meal–based diet, with no inorganic phosphate rock, was formulated to contain 0.12% nonphytate phosphorus (nPP), 3.8% calcium, and 2,000 FTU/kg phytase. Inorganic phosphate rock (di-calcium phosphate) was supplemented into the basal diet to create 6 other diets containing 0.17, 0.22, 0.27, 0.32, 0.37, and 0.42% nPP. Levels of calcium carbonate and zeolite powder were adjusted to make sure all the 7 experimental diets contained the same nutrition levels (including calcium and phytase) except nPP. The diets were subjected to laying hens from 29 to 40 wk of age. As a result, when supplemented with 2,000 FTU/kg phytase, extra supplementation of inorganic phosphate rock had no effects (P > 0.05) on serum phosphorus levels, serum calcium levels, laying performance (laying rate, egg weight, feed intake, feed-to-egg ratio, and unqualified egg rate), egg quality (shell thickness, shell strength, albumen height, yolk color, and Haugh unit), and tibia quality parameters (breaking strength and ash, calcium, and phosphorus contents). Extra supplementation of inorganic phosphate rock linearly increased (P < 0.01) fecal phosphorus excretion and linearly decreased (P = 0.032) the apparent metabolizability of dietary phosphorus. While serum hormones and intestine gene expressions were varied within treatments, no consistent changes were found. In conclusion, the supplementation of inorganic phosphate rock (provided 0.05–0.30% extra nPP) to phytase-containing basal diets (2,000 FTU/kg; nPP = 0.12%) provided limited benefits to egg production performance in laying hens from 29 to 40 wk of age. Further investigating the body phosphorus homeostasis would help to understand the nutritional and physiological reasonability of formulating low-phosphorus diets in the laying hen industry.
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Attia YA, Bovera F, Iannaccone F, Al-Harthi MA, Alaqil AA, Zeweil HS, Mansour AE. Microbial and Fungal Phytases Can Affect Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility and Blood Profile of Broilers Fed Different Levels of Non-Phytic Phosphorous. Animals (Basel) 2020; 10:ani10040580. [PMID: 32235511 PMCID: PMC7222415 DOI: 10.3390/ani10040580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Revised: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Simple Summary To reduce the environmental pollution is a must to preserve the health of the world. The environmental impact of poultry farming is receiving an increasing attention due to several emissions among these is phosphorus. This element is in general present in the commercial diets of broilers or laying hens in an amount exceeding the real needing of the animals, and, therefore, a great amount of phosphorus ends in the excreta. Thus, optimizing the amount of phosphorous in the diets of poultry could partially alleviate the environmental impact of these farms. Abstract A total of 420 day old chicks were divided into seven groups (5 replicates of 12 chicks/group) fed isoproteic and isoenergetic diets. The control group was fed diets containing 0.50%, 0.45% and 0.40% of non-phytic phosphorous (nPP) in starter (1–35), grower (37–56) and finisher (57–64 d) periods, respectively. The three intermediate nPP (IntnPP) groups were fed diets with 0.40%, 0.35% and 0.30% nPP according to the growth period and were submitted to three dietary treatments: unsupplemented; supplemented with 500 FTU/kg diet of an Aspergillus niger phytase (IntnPP_fp) and supplemented with 500 FTU/kg diet of an Escherichia coli phytase (IntnPP_bp). The three low nPP groups fed diets contained 0.30%, 0.25% and 0.20% nPP and were submitted to the same dietary treatments than IntnPP to obtain LnPP, LnPP_fp and LnPP_bp groups. IntnPP and LnPP groups had lower body weight gain and feed, crude protein (CP) and metabolizable energy (ME) intake (p < 0.05) than the control. Feed conversion ratio of IntnPP was more favorable (p < 0.01) than the LnPP group. CP and ME conversion ratios worsened (p < 0.01) in IntnPP and LnPP groups in comparison to the control. The nPP conversion ratio improved (p < 0.01) from the control to the LnPP group. Fungal phytase reduced (p < 0.05) feed, CP, ME and nPP intake than the bacterial one. IntnPP and LnPP diets had a lower digestibility of CP (p < 0.01) and CF (p = 0.01) than the control. IntnPP and LnPP groups showed a higher (p < 0.05) economic efficiency than the control. Blood total protein was the lowest (p < 0.05) in the LnPP group, the control group showed the lowest (p < 0.05) level of albumin and IntnPP group had the lowest (p < 0.01) globulin level. The use of bacterial phytase increased (p < 0.01) total protein and globulin and decreased (p < 0.05) the plasma cholesterol in comparison to fungal phytase. Decreasing nPP levels in colored slow-growing broilers diet negatively affects growth performance and the use of phytase can partly alleviate these negative effects, but the efficiency of different enzyme sources (bacterial or fungal) was tied to the dietary nPP levels.
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- Youssef A. Attia
- Arid Land Agriculture Department, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment and Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80208, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia;
- Correspondence: (Y.A.A.); (F.B.); Tel.: +00966568575961 (Y.A.A.); +390812536497 (F.B.)
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Napoli Federico II, via F. Delpino 1, 80137 Napoli, Italy
- Correspondence: (Y.A.A.); (F.B.); Tel.: +00966568575961 (Y.A.A.); +390812536497 (F.B.)
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Napoli Federico II, via F. Delpino 1, 80137 Napoli, Italy
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- Arid Land Agriculture Department, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment and Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80208, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Animal and Fish Production, King Faisal University, Al-Hufof, Al-Hassa 31982, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Animal and Fish Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Saba Basha, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21527, Egypt;
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- Ministry of agriculture, Animal Production section, Behiri Governorate 22951, Egypt;
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Ribeiro T, Dal Pont G, Dahlke F, da Rocha C, Sorbara JO, Maiorka A. Available Phosphorus and Calcium Reduction in the Finisher Phase and Phytase Utilization on Broilers. J APPL POULTRY RES 2019. [DOI: 10.3382/japr/pfy066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Díaz-Alonso J, Gómez-Rosales S, Angeles M, Ávila-González E, López-Coello C. Effects of the Level and Relationship of Calcium and Available Phosphorus on the Growth and Tibia Mineralization of Broiler Starter Chickens. J APPL POULTRY RES 2019. [DOI: 10.3382/japr/pfy077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Scholey D, Morgan N, Riemensperger A, Hardy R, Burton E. Effect of supplementation of phytase to diets low in inorganic phosphorus on growth performance and mineralization of broilers. Poult Sci 2018; 97:2435-2440. [DOI: 10.3382/ps/pey088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2017] [Accepted: 02/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Effect of dietary high non-phytate phosphorus level on growth performance and metabolism of calcium and phosphorus in Lion-head geese. Anim Feed Sci Technol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2017.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Jing M, Zhao S, Rogiewicz A, Slominski B, House J. Assessment of the minimal available phosphorus needs of pullets during the pre-laying period. Poult Sci 2018; 97:557-567. [DOI: 10.3382/ps/pex313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2017] [Accepted: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Miao Z, Feng Y, Zhang J, Tian W, Li J, Yang Y. Regulation of phosphate transport and AMPK signal pathway by lower dietary phosphorus of broilers. Oncotarget 2017; 8:107825-107832. [PMID: 29296204 PMCID: PMC5746106 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.22609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2017] [Accepted: 10/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Lower available P (aP) was used as a base value in nutritional strategies for mitigating P pollution by animal excreta. We hypothesized that the mechanism regulating phosphate transport under low dietary P might be related with the AMPK signal pathway. A total of 144 one-day-old Arbor Acres Plus broilers were randomly allocated to control (HP) or trial (LP) diets, containing 0.45 and 0.23% aP, respectively. Growth performance, blood, intestinal, and renal samples were tested in 21-day-old broilers. Results shown that LP decreased body weight gain and feed intake. Higher serum Ca and fructose, but lower serum P and insulin were detected in LP-fed broilers. NaPi-IIb mRNA expression in intestine and NaPi-IIa mRNA expression in kidney were higher in the LP group. AMP: ATP, p-AMPK: total AMPK, and p-ACC: total ACC ratios in the duodenal mucosa were decreased in the LP group, whereas the p-mTOR: total mTOR ratio increased. These findings suggested that the increase in phosphate transport owing to LP diet might be regulated either directly by higher mTOR activity or indirectly by the suppressive AMPK signal, with corresponding changes in blood insulin and fructose content. A novel viewpoint on the regulatory mechanism underlying phosphate transport under low dietary P conditions was revealed, which might provide theoretical guidelines for reducing P pollution by means of nutritional regulation.
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- Zhiqiang Miao
- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi 030801, China
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi 030801, China
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi 030801, China
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi 030801, China
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi 030801, China
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi 030801, China
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Cardoso EF, Donzele JL, de Oliveira Donzele RFM, Sufiate BL, Silva AD, Tizziani T. Non-phytate phosphorus requirement for broilers from 8 to 21 days of age under heat stress conditions. Trop Anim Health Prod 2017; 50:317-325. [PMID: 28971283 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-017-1434-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2017] [Accepted: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Two trials were conducted to determine the non-phytate phosphorus (nPP) requirement for broiler under heat stress. In both trials, birds were distributed in a completely randomized 4 × 2 factorial design with four nPP concentrations: 0.25, 0.35, 0.45, and 0.55%, and two Ca supply techniques: Ca fixed at 0.899% (CaF) or varying along with nPP aiming a 2:1 Ca to nPP ratio (CaV). Both trials had eight pens/treatment, with nine and five birds/pen for exp. 1 and exp. 2, respectively. nPP concentration had no effect on feed intake (FI), body weight gain (BWG), feed conversion ratio (FCR), nor fat deposition ratio (FDR). nPP levels showed a linear effect on protein deposition ratio (PDR) only for CaF diets. The nPP levels had a significant effect, regardless the technique adopted, on tibia phosphorus (TibP), which varied quadratically, on tibia calcium (TibCa) that increased quadratically and linearly, respectively, on CaF and CaV diets, and on tibia ash (TibAsh) that showed a quadratic effect for both. No effect was observed on Ca to P ratio in the tibia (TibCa:TibP). The nPP levels showed a linear increase effect over phosphorus intake (PI), phosphorus excreted (PE), and phosphorus retained (PR), and a linear decrease effect on phosphorus retention coefficient (PRC). Therefore, the nPP requirement for broilers from 8 to 21 days of age that provided better performance and bone variables were 0.250 and 0.484%, respectively, for CaF diets and 0.250 and 0.511%, respectively, for CaV diets.
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- Evandro Ferreira Cardoso
- Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-000, Brazil.
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- Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-000, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-000, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-000, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-000, Brazil
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Gautier A, Walk C, Dilger R. Influence of dietary calcium concentrations and the calcium-to-non-phytate phosphorus ratio on growth performance, bone characteristics, and digestibility in broilers. Poult Sci 2017; 96:2795-2803. [DOI: 10.3382/ps/pex096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2016] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Li J, Yuan J, Miao Z, Guo Y. Effects of age on intestinal phosphate transport and biochemical values of broiler chickens. ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES 2017; 30:221-228. [PMID: 27703131 PMCID: PMC5205610 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.16.0540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2016] [Revised: 09/05/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this experiment was to characterize the mRNA expression profile of type IIb sodium-inorganic phosphate cotransporter (NaPi-IIb) and the biochemical values of serum alkaline phosphatase (AKP), calcium, inorganic phosphorus, tibial ash and minerals of broiler chickens with aging. METHODS A total of 56 one-day-old Arbor Acres male broiler chickens were used. Broiler chickens were weighed and samples were collected weekly from day 1. RESULTS The result showed that before the growth inflection point, ash, calcium, and phosphorus content in the tibia of broiler chickens increased with growth (before 3 weeks of age), although there were no significant differences in chicks at different ages in the later period of the experiment and weight gain rate was relatively slow at this stage (4 to 6 weeks). NaPi-IIb gene expression in the small intestine in the early growth stage was higher than that in the later growth stage. Expression of calbindin and the vitamin D receptor protein in the intestinal mucosa increased with age in the duodenum and jejunum. Serum AKP activity first increased and subsequently decreased after peaking at 1 week of age, but there was no significant difference after 3 weeks of age. CONCLUSION These results show that compared with the early growth stage, the weight-gain rate of broiler chickens in the late growth stage gradually decreased with gradual tibia maturation, along with weaker positive transport of phosphorus in the intestine and reinforced re-absorption of phosphorus in the kidney, which might be the reason that phosphorus requirement in the late growth stage was decreased.
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- Jianhui Li
- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Shanxi 030801,
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193,
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193,
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Shanxi 030801,
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193,
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Liu S, Liao X, Lu L, Li S, Wang L, Zhang L, Jiang Y, Luo X. Dietary non-phytate phosphorus requirement of broilers fed a conventional corn-soybean meal diet from 1 to 21 d of age. Poult Sci 2017; 96:151-159. [DOI: 10.3382/ps/pew212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 09/03/2015] [Accepted: 05/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Jiang Y, Lu L, Li SF, Wang L, Zhang LY, Liu SB, Luo XG. An optimal dietary non-phytate phosphorus level of broilers fed a conventional corn-soybean meal diet from 4 to 6 weeks of age. Animal 2016; 10:1626-34. [PMID: 27052197 DOI: 10.1017/s1751731116000501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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It is imperative to evaluate precise nutrient requirements of animals in order to optimize productivity and minimize feed cost and nutrient excretions. The current non-phytate phosphorus (NPP) recommendation for broilers is based on the papers published 30 years ago. However, today's commercial birds are quite different from those before 30 years. Therefore, the present experiment was conducted with growing male broiler chickens to evaluate an optimal dietary NPP level of broiler chickens fed a conventional corn-soybean meal diet from 4 to 6 weeks of age. The 1-day-old chicks were fed corn-soybean meal diet containing 0.39% NPP from 1 to 3 weeks of age. At 22 days of age, 360 birds were selected and randomly allotted by BW to one of 10 dietary treatments with six replicate cages of six birds per cage for each treatment. Birds were fed the P-unsupplemented corn-soybean meal basal diet and the basal diet supplemented with inorganic P as CaHPO4·H2O ranging from 0.00% to 0.45% with 0.05% increment from 4 to 6 weeks of age. The dietary NPP levels were 0.09%, 0.14%, 0.20%, 0.24%, 0.30%, 0.34%, 0.38%, 0.45%, 0.49% and 0.54%, respectively, and the dietary Ca level was fixed at 0.90% for all treatments. The results showed that average daily gain, serum inorganic P concentration, tibia bone strength, tibia ash percentage and P percentage, tibia bone mineral content (BMC) and density (BMD), middle toe ash percentage and P percentage, middle toe BMC, total body BMC and BMD were affected (P<0.0001) by dietary NPP level, and increased linearly (P<0.0001) and quadratically (P<0.003) as dietary NPP levels increased. Optimal dietary NPP levels estimated based on fitted broken-line models (P<0.0001) of the above indices are 0.21%, 0.29%, 0.29%, 0.29%, 0.29%, 0.31%, 0.29%, 0.30%, 0.27%, 0.29% and 0.28%, respectively. It is suggested that the total body BMC and BMD, and middle toe ash P and BMC might be new, sensitive and non-invasive criteria to evaluate the dietary NPP requirements of broilers. The optimal dietary NPP level would be 0.31% for broiler chickens fed a conventional corn-soybean meal diet from 4 to 6 weeks of age.
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- 1Mineral Nutrition Research Division,Institute of Animal Science,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Beijing 100193,People's Republic of China
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- 1Mineral Nutrition Research Division,Institute of Animal Science,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Beijing 100193,People's Republic of China
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- 1Mineral Nutrition Research Division,Institute of Animal Science,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Beijing 100193,People's Republic of China
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- 3Department of Orthopedics,309th Hospital of Chinese PLA,Beijing 100091,People's Republic of China
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- 1Mineral Nutrition Research Division,Institute of Animal Science,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Beijing 100193,People's Republic of China
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- 1Mineral Nutrition Research Division,Institute of Animal Science,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Beijing 100193,People's Republic of China
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- 1Mineral Nutrition Research Division,Institute of Animal Science,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Beijing 100193,People's Republic of China
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Nutritional geometry of calcium and phosphorus nutrition in broiler chicks. Growth performance, skeletal health and intake arrays. Animal 2014; 8:1071-9. [DOI: 10.1017/s1751731114001037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Baradaran N, Shahir MH, Asadi Kermani Z, Waldroup PW, Sirjani MA. Effects of high non-phytate phosphorus starter diet on subsequent growth performance and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) 2013; 98:643-50. [PMID: 23957471 DOI: 10.1111/jpn.12106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2013] [Accepted: 06/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The trial was performed to investigate the effects of different concentrations of non-phytate phosphorus (nPP) in the starter and grower (with phytase inclusion) periods on carcass characteristics, organ weight and weekly variations of growth performance in the grower period. Seven hundred and twenty-day-old male broiler chickens were randomly assigned to 12 treatments in a completely randomized design. Chickens received two dietary treatments (4.5 g/kg and 6 g/kg nPP) in the starter (0-21 days) and six experimental diets (4 g/kg, 3.1 g/kg, 2.3 g/kg and 2.3 g/kg + 1000 FTU/Kg of feed phytase, 1.5 g/kg, 1.5 g/kg nPP + 1000 FTU/Kg of feed phytase) in the grower period (22-42 days). Results showed that phytase inclusion in the second and third weeks of grower period could increase feed intake significantly. Also, decrease in the concentrations of nPP to 1.5 g/kg caused to decline body weight gain markedly. Moreover, there is a significant difference between 4.5 g/kg and 6 + 4 g/kg nPP (starter+grower) and 1.5 g/kg nPP. Phytase inclusion increased carcass yield and declined liver weight significantly. Dietary treatment of 4.5 + 1.5 g/kg nPP enhanced heart and liver weight markedly. It is concluded that starter diets with increased concentration of nPP (6 g/kg nPP) had no beneficial effects on growth performance in the starter and grower period in the total (0-42 days). Also, it is possible to decrease nPP concentration of grower diets to 1.5 and 2.3 g/kg with and without phytase inclusion respectively.
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- N Baradaran
- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran
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Rousseau X, Létourneau-Montminy MP, Même N, Magnin M, Nys Y, Narcy A. Phosphorus utilization in finishing broiler chickens: effects of dietary calcium and microbial phytase. Poult Sci 2012; 91:2829-37. [PMID: 23091139 DOI: 10.3382/ps.2012-02350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A decrease in dietary P, especially in finishing broilers (21 to 38 d old), is a crucial issue in poultry production from an environmental and economic point of view. Nevertheless, P must be considered together with other dietary components such as Ca and microbial phytase. Different corn and soybean meal-based diets varying in Ca [low (LCa) 0.37, medium (MCa) 0.57, and high (HCa) 0.77%], and nonphytate P [nPP; low (LnPP) 0.18 and high (HnPP) 0.32%] content were tested with and without microbial phytase [0 or 500 phytase units (FTU)/kg]. Feed intake, BW gain, bone mineralization, and mineral retention were examined in 144 Ross PM3 broilers (22 to 38 d old) reared in individual cages. Growth performance was not significantly affected by the treatments. Nevertheless, a numerical decrease of ADG and ADFI was observed in HCa-LnPP and LCa-HnPP associated with an increase of feed conversion ratio. Decreased dietary Ca reduced tibia ash content (Ca, linear: P < 0.001; quadratic: P = 0.034) and tibia ash weight for the highest level of nPP (Ca × nPP; P = 0.035). In parallel, increasing dietary Ca reduced the flow of retained P (P = 0.022) but also tibia ash weight in LnPP diets (Ca × nPP; P = 0.035). The responses of the animals in terms of tibia ash content and P retention were improved by the addition of microbial phytase especially for the lowest P diets (nPP × phytase, P = 0.021 and P = 0.009; respectively). Phytase increased dry tibia weight, bone breaking strength, and tibia diameter in broilers fed the highest Ca diets (Ca × phytase; P < 0.05). We conclude that is possible to decrease P levels in finishing broilers, if the Ca content is appropriate. Nevertheless, decreasing the dietary P and Ca cannot allow a maximization of bone mineralization, but the optimal threshold remains to be determined.
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Roberson KD, Klunzinger MW, Charbeneau RA, Orth MW. Evaluation of phytase concentration needed for growing–finishing commercial turkey toms. Br Poult Sci 2010; 46:470-7. [PMID: 16268105 DOI: 10.1080/00071660500190769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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1. Growth performance, serum bone markers, and bone strength and mineralisation were determined in tom turkeys grown from 9 to 17 weeks of age. 2. Dietary non-phytate phosphorus was formulated to be reduced by 1.0 g/kg in the low phosphorus diet compared to a control diet and phytase was added to provide 0, 150, 300, 450 or 600 units/kg activity to the low phosphorus diet. 3. From 9 to 12 weeks of age, body weight and gain:food were reduced by the low phosphorus diet without added phytase, compared to the adequate phosphorus diet. Increasing the concentration of phytase linearly increased these growth parameters. There were no significant growth responses at 17 weeks of age. 4. Serum osteocalcin was reduced by increasing dietary phosphorus at 12 weeks of age when growth was affected, but not at later ages. Serum pyridinoline was reduced by higher dietary phosphorus and decreased linearly with increasing phytase activity at 17 weeks of age. 5. Fracture force of the ulna and femur increased linearly with increasing phytase activity but bone strength was not affected when corrected for bone cross-sectional area. Bone strength of the ulna and ash concentration of the ulna and tibia were increased by higher dietary phosphorus. Humerus and ulna ash increased linearly with increasing phytase activity. 6. Water-soluble phosphorus content of the litter was increased by higher dietary phosphorus and addition of phytase to the low phosphorus diet. The increase in water-soluble phosphorus content of the litter when phytase was fed may indicate that phosphorus could be fed at a lower concentration than used in this trial, at least in the finisher diet when phytase is added to the food. 7. Bone fracture force, strength and ash were generally optimised when 450 units/kg phytase activity was added to the low phosphorus diet. However, growth performance was best in the grower I (9 to 12 weeks) phase when 600 units/kg phytase was added to the diet.
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- K D Roberson
- Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, USA.
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Jiang S, Jiang Z, Zhou G, Chen Z, Li D. Non-phytate phosphorus requirements and efficacy of a genetically engineered yeast phytase in male Lingnan Yellow broilers from 1 to 21 days of age. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) 2010; 95:47-55. [PMID: 20487103 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0396.2009.00981.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This experiment was conducted to investigate the requirement of non-phytate phosphorus (nPP) and efficacy of a genetically engineered yeast phytase in performance and tibia characteristics by male Lingnan Yellow broilers from 1 to 21 days of age. A total of 2640 1-day-old male chicks were randomly allotted to one of 11 dietary treatments, which consisted of six replicate floor pens with 40 birds per pen. All treatments had the same levels of all nutrients except for phosphorus and phytase. The control group (treatment 1) was fed the basal diet without dicalcium phosphate or phytase supplementation. Dietary concentrations of nPP were 0.11%, 0.19%, 0.27%, 0.35%, 0.43%, 0.51% and 0.59% respectively for treatments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, through addition of dicalcium phosphate (chemistry grade) to the basal diet. Diets 8-11 were supplemented with a genetically engineered yeast phytase 250, 500, 750 U/kg and a commercial phytase product 500 U/kg in basal diet respectively. The results showed that 0.46% and 0.51% nPP were required for maximum body-weight gain and optimum tibia development indicators respectively. However, 0.59% nPP had a negative effect on bird growth. The equivalency value of the genetically engineered yeast phytase was estimated to be 874 U/kg to liberate 0.1% nPP.
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- S Jiang
- Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed (South China), Ministry of Agriculture of China, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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Francesch M, Geraert PA. Enzyme complex containing carbohydrases and phytase improves growth performance and bone mineralization of broilers fed reduced nutrient corn-soybean-based diets. Poult Sci 2009; 88:1915-24. [PMID: 19687277 DOI: 10.3382/ps.2009-00073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023] Open
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One experiment was conducted to investigate the benefits of a multi-enzyme complex, containing carbohydrases (from Penicillium funiculosum) and phytase (bacterial 6-phytase) activities, on the performance and bone mineralization of broiler chickens fed corn-soybean meal diets. A total of 2,268 male broilers were allocated to 9 treatments, replicated 6 times, in a randomized complete block design from 1 to 43 d. A positive control (PC) diet formulated to be adequate in nutrients and 4 reduced nutrient diets (NC1 to NC4), with gradual decrease on AME, CP, and digestible amino acids (CP-dAA) and available P (avP) and Ca contents, with or without enzyme supplementation, were tested. The nutrient reductions applied were NC1 (-65 kcal/kg, -1.5% CP-dAA) and NC2 (-85 kcal/kg, -3.0% CP-dAA) both with -0.15 percent point avP and -0.12 percent point Ca and NC3 (-65 kcal/kg, -1.5% CP-dAA) and NC4 (-85 kcal/kg, -3.0% CP-dAA) both with -0.20 percent point avP and -0.16 percent point Ca. Supplementation of the NC diets with the enzyme complex increased ADFI (P<0.001), ADG (P<0.001), and reduced feed:gain (P<0.01). The magnitude of the enzyme effect in increasing feed intake and weight gain was greater for the diets with greatest reductions in avP and Ca. Enzyme supplementation increased (P<0.001) feed intake of birds fed on NC diets close to the level of feed consumption of the PC. Enzyme supplementation to NC diets resulted in all cases in lower (P<0.05) feed:gain than the PC. Enzyme supplementation to NC1 and NC3 diets restored bone mineralization to that of the PC, whereas ash and Ca with NC2 and NC4 diets and P with NC4 diet remained lower (P<0.05). These results suggest that the dietary supplementation with a multi-enzyme complex containing nonstarch polysaccharide enzymes and phytase is efficient in reducing the P, energy, protein, and amino acid specifications of corn-soybean meal diets.
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- M Francesch
- Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology, Mas de Bover, Ctra. Reus-El Morell Km. 3.8, E-43120 Constantí, Tarragona, Spain.
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Powers W, Angel R. A Review of the Capacity for Nutritional Strategies to Address Environmental Challenges in Poultry Production. Poult Sci 2008; 87:1929-38. [DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Sauer N, Emrich K, Piepho HP, Lemme A, Redshaw M, Mosenthin R. Meta-Analysis of the Relative Efficiency of Methionine-Hydroxy-Analogue-Free-Acid Compared with dl-Methionine in Broilers Using Nonlinear Mixed Models. Poult Sci 2008; 87:2023-31. [DOI: 10.3382/ps.2007-00514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Powell S, Johnston S, Gaston L, Southern LL. The effect of dietary phosphorus level and phytase supplementation on growth performance, bone-breaking strength, and litter phosphorus concentration in broilers. Poult Sci 2008; 87:949-57. [PMID: 18420986 DOI: 10.3382/ps.2007-00291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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This research was conducted to determine the effects of feeding different P levels with and without phytase supplementation on broiler growth performance, bone-breaking strength (BBS), and litter P concentration. An experiment with 4 trials was conducted with 7,840 Ross x Ross straight-run broilers. For each trial, 1,960 broilers were allotted on d 0 to treatments, with 7 replications each and with 70 broilers per replication. The broilers were fed a 4-period feeding program consisting of starter (0 to 14 d), grower (14 to 32 d), finisher (32 to 41 d), and withdrawal (41 to 50 d) periods. For each trial, the same pen was used continuously for each treatment-replication combination, and the litter was not removed between trials. Broilers were fed a control diet [0.43, 0.40, 0.36, or 0.32% nonphytate P (nPP)] in the starter, grower, finisher, and withdrawal periods, respectively, a low Ca and P (LCaP) diet with a 0.05% reduction in nPP in each period, and these 2 diets supplemented with phytase at 600 phytase units/kg (nPP and Ca were reduced by 0.094% in diets with phytase). Diet did not affect (P > 0.10) broiler performance in the starter or withdrawal periods. Generally, both phytase addition and the LCaP diet decreased some aspects of growth performance during the grower and finisher periods. There was no main effect of phytase on BBS, but BBS was decreased in the broilers fed the LCaP diet with phytase addition (nPP x phytase, P < 0.01) in the grower period, and BBS was decreased in the finisher (P < 0.02) and withdrawal (P < 0.01) periods for broilers fed the LCaP diet. Total P, soluble P (SP), and reactive soluble P (RSP) were decreased (P < 0.04) in the litter of broilers fed the LCaP diets. Total P, SP, and RSP were decreased (P < 0.01) in the litter of broilers fed phytase. These data indicate that phytase supplementation at 600 phytase units/kg reduces growth in some periods, has no effect on BBS, and reduces total P, SP, and RSP in the litter.
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- School of Animal Sciences, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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Ziaei N, Guy J, Edwards S, Blanchard P, Ward J, Feuerstein D. Effect of reducing dietary mineral content on growth performance, water intake, excreta dry matter content and blood parameters of broilers. Br Poult Sci 2008; 49:195-201. [DOI: 10.1080/00071660801953238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Driver JP, Pesti GM, Bakalli RI, Edwards HM. The Effect of Feeding Calcium- and Phosphorus-Deficient Diets to Broiler Chickens During the Starting and Growing-Finishing Phases on Carcass Quality. Poult Sci 2006; 85:1939-46. [PMID: 17032827 DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.11.1939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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There is considerable data on the effect of reducing inorganic Ca and P in broiler finisher diets on carcass quality. However, there is limited information on the effect of reducing dietary Ca and P during the different phases of growout. Two experiments were conducted from 0 to 35 d in floor pens. In both experiments, at least 4 replicates per treatment (50 chicks per replicate) were used. Corn-soybean meal and soybean oil-based diets deficient in Ca and P were fed. During the starter phase (ST), from 0 to 18 d, chicks were fed a 23% CP diet containing 0.60% Ca and 0.47% total P (tP). During the grower-finisher phase (GF), from 19 to 35 d, birds were fed a 19% CP diet containing 0.30% Ca and 0.37% tP. A combination of 1,000 phytase units/kg of Natuphos phytase and 5 microg/kg of 1alpha-hydroxycholecalciferol (P + 1alpha) was supplemented to some of the feed during the ST and GF. Diets containing adequate Ca and P were also fed during the ST (0.90% Ca and 0.68% tP) and GF (0.80% Ca and 0.67% tP). The level of tibia ash and the incidence of bone disease were measured at 18 and 35 d. At the end of the experiments, birds were processed and evaluated for muscle hemorrhages and broken bones. In both experiments, broilers fed diets that were not P + 1alpha supplemented demonstrated poor bone mineralization, considerable leg problems, and a high incidence of broken bones after processing. Broilers fed P + 1alpha throughout had more broken clavicles and femurs compared with birds fed the adequate diets. Day-18 tibia ash was significantly correlated to broken tibias and femurs during processing. Day-35 tibia ash was better correlated to bloody breast meat than to broken bones. It is concluded that carcass quality depends on the levels of Ca and P fed and the age of the bird. Tibia ash, traditionally used as an indication of bone strength, was better correlated to the incidence of bloody breasts.
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- J P Driver
- Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens 30602.
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Catalá-Gregori P, García V, Hernández F, Madrid J, Cerón JJ. Response of Broilers to Feeding Low-Calcium and Phosphorus Diets Plus Phytase Under Different Environmental Conditions: Body Weight and Tibiotarsus Mineralization. Poult Sci 2006; 85:1923-31. [PMID: 17032825 DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.11.1923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Three experiments on Ross broiler chickens were conducted in 3 locations: cages (Experiment 1), floor pens (Experiment 2), and commercial farms (Experiment 3). The effect of low-total P (TP) wheat-soybean based diets plus microbial phytase (Natuphos) was evaluated. Four experimental starter and finisher diets were used in a 2-phase feeding program, as follows: control diet (SC until 21 d, FC from 22 to 42 d); 2 diets (SL400 and SL600 until 21 d, FL400 and FL600 from 22 to 42 d) with low TP (0.61% for starter and 0.54% for finisher), including 400 and 600 U/kg of phytase, respectively; and a very low-TP (0.52% for starter and 0.44% for finisher) diet (SVL600 until 21 d, FVL600 from 22 to 42 d) with 600 U/kg of phytase. In Experiment 1 (broilers in cages had movement limitation and no access to litter), no differences in BW, tibiotarsus mineralization, or mineral metabolism were observed among diets. In Experiment 2 (broilers in floor pens had movement limitation and access to litter), at 21 d of age, the lowest tibiotarsus ash percentage and BW were shown by birds fed the SVL600 diet. At 42 d of age, broilers fed the FC diet were the lightest. For the rest of the parameters of tibiotarsus mineralization and mineral metabolism measured in Experiment 2, no differences were shown. In Experiment 3 (broilers in commercial farms had access to litter without movement limitation), the BW of broilers fed the SC diet was the highest at 21 d of age. At 42 d of age, the broilers fed FL400 and FL600 diets were the heaviest. At the end of Experiment 3, broilers fed the FC diet had the highest dry litter Ca and P, whereas broilers fed the FVL600 diet had the lowest values. In conclusion, the very low-TP wheat-soybean based diet supplemented with 600 U/kg of phytase was sufficient to optimize all the parameters measured in Experiment 1 but not in Experiments 2 and 3. Therefore, when evaluating Ca and P in phytase-supplemented diets for broilers, it is necessary to bear in mind the environmental conditions of experimentation.
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- P Catalá-Gregori
- Departamento de Producción Animal, Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30071 Murcia, Spain.
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Angel R, Saylor WW, Mitchell AD, Powers W, Applegate TJ. Effect of dietary phosphorus, phytase, and 25-hydroxycholecalciferol on broiler chicken bone mineralization, litter phosphorus, and processing yields. Poult Sci 2006; 85:1200-11. [PMID: 16830860 DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.7.1200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Three floor pen experiments (Exp) were conducted to evaluate low nonphytin P (NPP) concentrations and the NPP sparing effect of phytase (PHY) and 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25D) on bone mineralization, bone breaking during commercial processing, litter P, and water-soluble P (WSP) concentrations. Tested treatments (TRT) were control, National Research Council NPP; University of Maryland (UMD) NPP; UMD + PHY, UMD NPP reduced by 0.064% NPP + 600 U of PHY/kg; UMD + PHY + 25D, UMD NPP reduced by 0.090% NPP + 600 U of PHY and 70 microg of 25D/kg; control + PHY mimicked the industry practice of diets by 0.1% when PHY is added; and negative control with 90% UMD NPP concentrations. UMD + PHY and control + PHY diets contained 600 U of PHY/kg, and UMD + PHY + 25D contained 600 U of PHY + 70 microg of 25D/kg. Performance results were presented separately. After each Exp, litter P and WSP were determined, and bone measurements were obtained on 8 or 10 broilers per pen. Tested TRT did not affect broiler BW. Femur ash weight of broilers fed the UMD and UMD + PHY + 25D was lower in all Exp compared with that of broilers fed the control diet. Femur ash was similar for control and UMD + PHY broilers, yet averaged over all Exp, UMD + PHY broilers consumed 39% less NPP and required less NPP per gram of femur ash than those on the control (4.87 and 7.77 g of NPP/g of ash, Exp 3). At the end of Exp 3, broilers were processed in a commercial facility. Despite reductions in NPP intake and bone mineralization, no differences were observed in measurements of economic importance (parts lost, carcass yield, and incidence of broken bones). The P excretion per bird was lowest for birds fed the UMD + PHY + 25D diet followed by those fed the UMD + PHY and negative control diets (10.44, 12.00, and 13.78 g of P/bird, respectively) and were highest for those fed the control diet (19.55 g of P/bird). These results suggest that feeding diets low in P together with PHY and 25D will not affect performance or increase losses at processing while resulting in improved P retention and reductions in P and WSP excreted.
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- R Angel
- University of Maryland, College Park 20742, USA.
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Angel R, Dalloul RA, Doerr J. Performance of broiler chickens fed diets supplemented with a direct-fed microbial. Poult Sci 2005; 84:1222-31. [PMID: 16156206 DOI: 10.1093/ps/84.8.1222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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From hatch to 18 d of age broilers were fed starter diets with (0.9 kg/ton) or without direct fed microbial (DFM). At 18 d, birds were weighed and, within DFM treatment (trt), randomly assigned to battery pens. In Exp 1, a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement of nutrient density [control (C, 19.3% protein (CP), 0.84%, Ca 0.37% nonphytin P (nPP); and 17.1% CP, 0.8% Ca, and 0.3% nPP in the grower (Gr) and finisher (Fn) diets, respectively) and moderate (M) (17% CP, 0.69% Ca, 0.30% nPP; 15% CP, 0.66% Ca, 0.25% nPP in the Gr and Fn diets, respectively)] and DFM concentration [0 or 0.9 kg/ton (++)] was used. Exp 2 was a 2 (DSM at 0 and 0.45 kg/ton) x 3 (nutrient densities) factorial. Exp 2 included a low (L) nutrient density that differed from diet M only in Ca and nPP concentrations and an added trt, diet M with 0.45 kg/ ton DFM as in Exp 1. At the end of the Gr and Fn weight, feed efficiency, apparent nutrient retention were determined, and 4 birds per pen were sampled for tibia ash. In Exp 2, gains in the Gr phase were 1,122.0, 983.7, 1,121.5, 930.7, and 1,151.5 g in birds fed the C, M, M+, L, and L+ diets, respectively. Addition of DFM to the M diet overcame the negative effect of nutrient concentration on performance but not when the L diet was fed. Nutrient level and DFM affected apparent protein, Ca, and P retention at 32 or 42 d of age with retention increasing as nutrient level decreased and with DFM added to the diet. Ca and P retention at 28 d (Exp 1) was higher in birds fed M++ (45.8 and 46%, respectively) than in those fed the C diet (38.7 and 40.0%, respectively). Feeding the M and L diets resulted in lower tibia ash than that of birds fed the C diet, but the addition of DFM to low nutrient diets overcame this negative effect.
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- R Angel
- Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
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Yan F, Angel R, Ashwell C, Mitchell A, Christman M. Evaluation of the broiler's ability to adapt to an early moderate deficiency of phosphorus and calcium. Poult Sci 2005; 84:1232-41. [PMID: 16156207 DOI: 10.1093/ps/84.8.1232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We studied the ability of broiler chickens to adapt to early moderate P and Ca deficiencies by evaluating the impact of feeding different concentrations of P and Ca, from 1 to 18 d, on performance, bone characteristics, and nutrient absorption in the grower (Gr) period (18 to 32 d). Two starter (St) diets were fed from 1 to 18 d: a control (C) diet [0.45% nonphytate P (nPP) and 0.9% Ca] and a low (L) diet (0.30% nPP and 0.6% Ca). On d 19, half of the birds fed the St C diet were switched to a Gr C diet (0.40% nPP and 0.8% Ca), and the other half were switched to a Gr L diet (0.30% nPP and 0.6% Ca), whereas those fed the L diet in the St phase were fed the L diet in the Gr phase, resulting in a total of 3 treatments. Broiler chickens fed the St L diet weighed less (P < 0.05) than those fed the St C diet at 18 d; however, by 23 d they had they caught up to the C-C birds, and no BW differences (P > 0.05) were observed at 28 and 32 d. Feeding the St L diet resulted in decreased (P < 0.05) tibia ash at 18 d, but by 32 d their tibia ash was not different from that of birds fed the St C and Gr L diets. Broilers subjected to P and Ca restriction from hatch to 18 d absorbed more P and Ca during all times sampled than birds fed the St C and Gr C diets or those fed the St C and the Gr L diet. These results demonstrated that modern broilers exhibited a high adaptive capacity when they were exposed to early dietary P or Ca restrictions.
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- F Yan
- Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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Angel R, Saylor WW, Dhandu AS, Powers W, Applegate TJ. Effects of dietary phosphorus, phytase, and 25-hydroxycholecalciferol on performance of broiler chickens grown in floor pens. Poult Sci 2005; 84:1031-44. [PMID: 16050120 DOI: 10.1093/ps/84.7.1031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Three 49-d experiments (Exp 1, 2, and 3) with broilers in floor pens were conducted to test the applicability of nonphytin phosphorus (NPP) requirements and the NPP-sparing effect of phytase (PHY) and 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25D) determined previously in battery Exp. Six dietary NPP treatments were tested using a 4-phase feeding program. Treatments 1 to 6 were NRC (1994) NPP (C); University of Maryland (UMD) NPP; UMD NPP - 0.064% (UMD+PHY); UMD NPP - 0.09% (UMD+PHY+25D); NRC - 0.10% (C+PHY), and 90% UMD NPP (NC), respectively. Treatments 3, 4, and 5 had 600 U of PHY/kg of diet. Treatment 4 also had 70 microg of 25D/kg of diet; NPP concentrations were reduced to account for the sparing effect of these additives. No differences in hatch to 49 d BW were observed between treatments in Exp 1 and 2, and only in Exp 3 were the BW of the NC broilers (2.86 kg) different (P < 0.05) from those fed the C, UMD, and UMD+PHY treatments (2.96, 2.94, and 2.98 kg, respectively). Cumulative NPP consumption per bird was lowest (P < 0.05) for broilers fed the UMD+PHY+25D treatment (8.65 g in Exp 3) compared with those fed the C, NC, UMD, and UMD+PHY treatments (18.19, 10.60, 13.63, and 11.01 g, respectively for Exp 3). Application of any of these treatments reduced total P and NPP consumption compared with C. The results of this series of floor pen Exp validate the UMD NPP recommendations for a 4-phase feed program and the PHY and 25D NPP-sparing effects observed in battery trials without negatively affecting broiler performance.
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- R Angel
- Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
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Romvári R, Petrási Z, Süto Z, Szabó A, Andrássy G, Garamvölgyi R, Horn P. Noninvasive characterization of the turkey heart performance and its relationship to skeletal muscle volume. Poult Sci 2004; 83:696-700. [PMID: 15109069 DOI: 10.1093/ps/83.4.696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The cardiovascular capacity of turkeys is considerably affected by the selection procedure for meat production. To determine the body weight-related changes of some quantitative characteristics of the turkey heart function, serial measurements were carried out. BUT Big 6 turkeys (both sexes) were examined using whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spiral computer tomography (CT). Based on dynamic MRI examinations the following significant age- and sex-dependent quantitative differences were found. Means of the left ventricular stroke volumes were measured at the ages of 12 wk (males, 4.18 mL; females 2.89 mL), 16 wk (males, 6.56 mL; females, 4.14 mL), and 20 wk (males, 8.17 mL; females, 5.16 mL). Average cardiac output (CO) values were 0.76, 1.14, and 1.33 L/min for males and 0.58, 0.79,0.93 L/min for females. A statistically unproven age-dependent increasing tendency in the estimated relative CO value (skeletal muscle tissue volume measured by CT/CO unit) of male and female turkeys was found under sedentary conditions. These changes in the relative CO value and also the determined decrease of CO value related to body surface may, in theory, indicate a disadvantageous process that is more pronounced in males. The combined application of CT and MRI can be a powerful approach for studying the relationship between skeletal muscle development and heart capacity.
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- R Romvári
- Kaposvár University, Faculty of Animal Science, H-7401 Kaposvár, Guba S. St. 40, Hungary.
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