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    Effect of phytic acid and microbial phytase on the flow and amino acid composition of endogenous protein at the terminal ileum of growing broiler chickens

    The effects of phytic acid and microbial phytase on the flow and composition of endogenous protein at the terminal ileum of broiler chickens were investigated using the peptide alimentation method. Phytic acid (fed as the sodium salt) was included in a synthetic diet at 8.5, 11.5 and 14.5 g/kg (or 2.4, 3.2 and 4.0 g/kg phytate-phosphorus) and each diet was fed without or with an Escherichia coli-derived microbial phytase at 500 phytase units/kg diet. A control containing no phytate was fed as a comparison to estimate basal endogenous flows. Ingestion of phytic acid increased (P < 0.05) the flow of endogenous amino acids and N by an average of 47 % at the lowest phytic acid concentration and 87 % at the highest. The addition of microbial phytase reduced (P < 0.05) the inimical effects of phytic acid on endogenous amino acid flow at all dietary phytic acid levels. The composition of endogenous protein was also influenced (P < 0.10-0.001) by increasing phytic acid concentrations and phytase addition. The effects of phytic acid and phytase on endogenous flow and composition of endogenous protein, however, varied depending on the amino acid. It is concluded that the effects of phytase on amino acid digestibility may be mediated, in part, through a route of reduced endogenous loss
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    Product / service: Phytases
    Publication date: 01/01/2007
    Species: Poultry, Broiler
    Authors: Cowieson AJ, Ravindran V
    Doctype: Publications & Citations
    Publication / conference: Br J, Nutr, volume 98
    Regions and countries: Global
    Keywords: alimentation, amino, acid, composition, digestibility, acids, animal, nutrition, broiler, chicken, chickens, comparison, concentration, control, dan, danisco, diet, dietary, digestibilities, effects, endogenous, loss, losses, protein, ileum, method, microbial, phytase, n, p, peptide, phytate, phosphorus, phytate-phosphorus, phytic, salt, sodium, synthetic, uk
    Production challenge(s): Gut health
    Diets: All diets
    Brands: Axtra® PHY, Phyzyme® XP, Optimize Feed, Phycheck, FASTKit assay
    Resource ref: 9477
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