Mineral nutrition in broilers: Where are we at?

Published on: 08/02/2022

Author/s : Frederik (Rick) J. Kleyn 1,2; and Mariana Ciacciariello 2 / 1 Spesfeed Consulting (Pty) Ltd, Broederstroom, South Africa; 2 University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

IntroductionAn essential component of the overall health and well-being of the broiler chicken is ensuring that mineral nutrition, in all its facets, is adequate. As growth rates increase and production systems intensify, mineral nutrition will become more critical. Most minerals in the bird occur in the skeleton, so skeletal integrity is perhaps the critical issue. However, minerals play a role i...

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Alfredo Irazusta

Alinat

August 2, 2022

Very good and complete article on mineral nutrition.
Specially the section related to Ca and P and the use of high levels of exogenous phytases.
Also ; is very interesting , the way you consider as a starting point when you talk about the
consistency of data of Dig Ca (calcium carbonate ).
Again very good presentation.

Alfredo Irazusta.
Consultant Alinat .
Argentina.

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Julián Melo
Docente e Investigador

Universidad Nacional de Lujan

August 3, 2022

Excelent article, Rick and Mariana. Please let me know if you can send me the tables or where I can found them.
Best regards,

Julián

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George Entz

August 4, 2022

Very nice article, well done.

Is it just me, but I don't see any Tables to view that are mentioned in the article, if there are some could someone direct myself on how to view them. I have special interest in the calcium and Phos ones.

I have personally seen good results when using a Digestible Calcium: d. Phos model, with higher Phos levels in starter and reduced calcium and Phos levels after day 10, then what is proposed by the breeder companies.

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George Entz

August 12, 2022

For those interested in the tables try this link:

https://scholarworks.uark.edu/panc/vol2021/iss1/1/

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