Effects of Phytase, Phosphorus, Protein and Temperature on Growth, Apparent Nutrient Digestibility and Carcass Characteristics of Broiler Chickens

• Main Author: Lai, Pui Wah
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Phytases - Broilers (Poultry) - Case studies; Phosphorous - Broilers (Poultry) - Case studies
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6192/1/FP_2005_15.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6192/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Feeding excessive dietary phosphorus (P) is not only expensive but would lead to environmental pollution and mineral binding. Phytase has been utilized extensively to break down the links between nutrients and the phytate ring, increasing nutrients availability, thus creating both economic and en...