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Michigan State University
Egg Industry Center
Occupation: Associate Professor, Poultry
Location: Michigan, United States
Article published the November 21, 2007
IMPORTANCE AND PREVIOUS WORKLess than one-third of the phosphorus (P) contained in feed ingredients of plant origin is biologically available to monogastric animals (NRC, 1994). The remainder of the phosphorus is tied up as phytate (phytic acid or myoinositol hexaphosphate) and monogastrics as a general rule lack the enzyme(s) necessary to hydrolyze phytate down to phosphorus and inositol (Peeler, ...
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