Biological evaluations of commercial dicalcium phosphates as sources of available phosphorus for broiler chicks

Poultry Science
F R LimaP M Leal

Abstract

One thousand male Hubbard chicks were used in a 21-d study (10 birds per battery cage) to determine relative biological availability of phosphorus in seven samples of commercial dicalcium phosphate, expected to contain variable amounts of monocalcium phosphate. Five samples were from established producers in Brazil and two from the U.S. Pure calcium phosphate dibasic dihydrate was used as the reference standard. Phosphates were added to the corn-soybean basal diet (22.5% CP; 0.4% total phosphorus) to provide 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3% supplemental phosphorus. The calcium level was 1.0% for all diets. Left tibias were removed for bone ash (BA) and bone strength (BS) determination. Body weight, feed intake (FI), BA, BS, and plasma phosphorus increased (P < 0.01) and plasma calcium and alkaline phosphatase decreased (P < 0.01) with increasing dietary phosphorus regardless of source. The availability of phosphorus for each test phosphate was determined by slope ratio, with BW, BA, and BS regressed on phosphorus added within each phosphorus source. A relative biological value (RBV) was calculated based on BW, BA, and gain:feed ratio. Availability based on BW ranged from 97.07 to 110.41%. When BA was the criterion, values were 80.32 to 107.8...Continue Reading

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Nov 1, 2010·Animal : an International Journal of Animal Bioscience·M P Létourneau-MontminyC Jondreville
Oct 9, 2004·Journal of Animal Science·K F KnowltonD A Emmerson

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