Development of a process of addition of tricalcium phosphate from burnt phosphate rock in feed for animal nutrition

• Main Author: Nogales Grágeda, Luis Fernando
• Format: Others
• Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2005
• Subjects: Phosphorus in animal nutrition; feeds; Bolivia; Agronomy and Crop Sciences; Animal Sciences; Life Sciences
• Online Access: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5408; https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6407&context=etd

This study took place in Bolivia with the purpose of using thermally treated Capinota phosphate rock as a phosphorous supplement in balanced feed diets. The objective was to produce a natural phosphate substance that would be more easily accessible to the local population than commercial feed supplements. An additional objective of this study was to increase the availability of the low-fluoride phosphorous. The biological assays indicated that the diet with the added burned phosphoric rock produced similar yields to those using a commercial feed supplement (dicalcium phosphate). This indicates that the locally manufactured product, by partial acidification, can compete with similar commercial products.