F. Yan
Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
P. W. Waldroup
Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
ABSTRACT
A study was conducted to evaluate the ability of young broiler chicks (0-3 wk) to utilize the P provided by a high available phosphate corn (HAPC) in comparison with yellow dent corn (YDC) and to determine the extent to which microbial phytase supplementation and use of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25-OH-D3) in the diet could reduce the requirements for P and subsequently reduce P excretion. Diets were prepared using either YDC or HAPC, which contained about the same total P but differed in phytate-bound P content. Within each corn type, diets were fortified with either vitamin D3 or 25-OH-D3 at the rate of 68.9 μg/kg diet. Treatment diets were prepared by varying the amount of dicalcium phosphate and ground limestone, and ranged from 0.09 to 0.50% nonphytate P (nPP) for YDC diets and 0.18 to 0.50% nPP for HAPC diets. Sublots of each diet were supplemented with 1000 units/kg phytase. Each diet was fed to four replicate pens of six male broilers of a commercial strain from 1 to 21 d of age. After factorial analysis, nonlinear regression analysis was conducted to estimate a nPP level sufficient for maximum body weight gain or tibia ash percentage for each corn type as influenced by phytase supplementation or use of 25-OH-D3. For broilers fed YDC diets, the estimations for maximum tibia ash were 0.40, 0.35, 0.32, and 0.27% nPP for diets supplemented with D3, D3 + phytase, 25-OH-D3, and 25-OH-D3 + phytase respectively. For broilers fed HAPC diets, substitution of D3 with 25-OH-D3 had no significant effect on tibia ash percentage and the inflection points for maximum tibia ash were 0.39 and 0.33% with and without phytase supplementation respectively. These nPP levels were sufficient to support body weight, feed conversion, or livability. The nPP in HAPC was equivalent in bioavailability to the P from dicalcium phosphate. In the absence of phytase, dry feces of broiler chicks fed YDC diets at the NRC (1994) recommended level of 0.45% nPP contained 1.19% P, whereas at the above inflection points, the fecal P content was 1.06, 1.11, 0.98, and 0.78% for chicks fed YDC diets supplemented with D3, D3 + plus phytase, 25-OH-D3, and 25-OH-D3 + phytase respectively. For chicks fed HAPC diets at the inflection points, the fecal P content was 0.84 and 0.68% with and without phytase supplementation respectively. Thus fecal P output can be reduced significantly while maintaining optimum live performance and bone mineralization by supplementation with microbial phytase, addition of 25-OH-D3, use of HAPC, reduction in dietary nPP level, or combinations of the above.
How to cite this article
F. Yan and P. W. Waldroup, 2006. Nonphytate Phosphorus Requirement and Phosphorus
Excretion of Broiler Chicks Fed Diets Composed of Normal or High Available
Phosphate Corn as Influenced by Phytase Supplementation and Vitamin
D Source. International Journal of Poultry Science, 5: 219-228.
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2006.219.228
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ijps.2006.219.228
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2006.219.228
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ijps.2006.219.228