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Effects of Vitamin D, Phytase, Calcium and Phosphorus in Broiler Performance

The Interactive Effects of Vitamin D, Phytase, Calcium and Phosphorus in Broiler Performance and Skeletal Integrity

Published: October 11, 2012
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1. INTRODUCTION The metabolism of vitamin D, calcium and phosphorus within the chicken is uniquely integrated. The absorption of intestinal calcium depends on many factors but one of the most important is vitamin D (Ameenuddin, Sunde et al. 1985). There is obscurity regarding the exact mechanisms of calcium absorption across the intestine, however it is known that vitamin D is essential for t...
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Aaron Cowieson
dsm-firmenich
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Saqib Faheem Butt
19 de enero de 2013

Dear Sir, it's an excellent study as always u done. I have one question, in first treatment the BW n FCR are better than the sixth treatment (where you used 1000 fyt phytase and 5000iu D), no doubt their is economics for feed manufacturer but due to less BW the farmer have to pay this? whats ur opinion...

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stephini jotham
15 de octubre de 2014
please i want to understand the basics in phytate phosphorus phytase enzymes and phytate retention can i get suggestion of materials to use.
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