Bioavailability and poultry fecal excretion of phosphorus from soybean-based diets supplemented with phytase

Five hundred and four 1-day-old Cobb broiler chickens were randomly allotted to 18 treatments and fed a semi-purified basal diet (4 g/kg total phosphorus) supplemented with 2 levels of supplemental P (0.5 or 1 g/kg) during 21 days to evaluate performance and bone mineralization; to assess the relati...

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Main Authors: Bianca Almeida Brandão Martins, Laura Maria de Oliveira Borgatti, Luiz Waldemar de Oliveira Souza, Simi Luiza Durante Aflalo Robassini, Ricardo de Albuquerque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2013-03-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982013000300005