This study was carried out to evaluate effects of phytase (0, 1,000, and 2,000 uf/kg) on apparent P availability of five energetic feeds (corn, extruded corn, wheat meal, rice meal and low-tannin sorghum) and five protein feeds (extruded soy, soybean meal, sunflower meal, cottonseed meal and corn gluten) using a purified diet as control. One hundred (100.00 ± 5.00 g) Nile tilapia juveniles (Oreochromis niloticus) were allotted to ten cages to allow feeding and fecal collection. For each feed and […]

One hundred Nile tilapia juveniles (Oreochromis niloticus; BW= 100.0 ± 5.0 g) were assigned to 10 experimental cages to evaluate the effects of phytase supplementation (0, 1,000, and 2,000 FTU/kg) on calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) availability of ten feedstuffs: five energetic (corn, extruded corn, wheat meal, rice meal and low-tannin sorghum) and five protein (extruded soybean, soybean meal, sunflower meal, cottonseed meal and corn gluten meal). As reference, an albumin and […]

The present work was designed to verify the effect of the use of phytase and xylanase upon the performance and bone deposition of minerals in broiler diets containing 15% of rice bran, low available phosphorus and without supplementation of iron, zinc, copper and manganese. The phytase utilized was the Natuphos 5000 and the xylanase Avizyme 1300. The experimental design was the completely randomized and the analysis of variance in a 4×2+1 factorial scheme. The control diet was made up of […]

Two experiments, using 8 to 18 days old Avian -Farm male broiler chicks, were conducted to evaluate the effect of microbial enzymes on the ileal digestibility coefficient (DC) of dry mater (DM), crude protein (CP), energy (E), calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) in corn soybean meal diets with different level of Ca and available P (Pa). Chromic oxide (0,5%) was added to the diets, as an indigestible marker, to estimate ileal digestibility. All chicks were killed at the end of […]

One experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of microbial enzymes, phytase, on the performance of the birds and on the digestibility coefficient of dry mater (DM), crude protein (CP), phosphorus (P) and calcium (Ca) and the values of apparent ileal digestible of energy (AIDe) and nitrogen corrected apparent metabolizable energy (AMEn). A total of 384 Avian Farm male broiler chicks, 10 days old, during 14 d-trial were used in a factorial arrangement of 2 x 3, with eight replicates, […]

This experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of addition of different levels of phytase (0, 500, 1500 and 3000 units of active phytase [UFA]/kg diet) in the diets for Nile tilapia (8.88 ± 0.02 g). All diets were fed to satiation daily for 45 days. The phytase level determination was based on the performance and digestibility parameters and was estimated by the quadratic and/or the broken line models. The broken line model showed a better adjustment for phytase […]

ABSTRACT – The objective of this trial was to compare the efficiency of phytase with an inorganic phosphate (dicalcium phosphate) when added to diets with or without defatted rice bran (DRB). One hundred and twenty eight pigs (50% barrows and 50% gilts) were housed in collective cages to evaluate the animals performance in the growing phase, and to determine the digestibility of the calcium and phosphorus using chromium oxide as an indicator and the concentration of calcium and phosphorus in […]

ABSTRACT – This experiment was carried out to determine the endogenous fecal losses of P and the effect of phytase on the biological availability of P in the diets and in the whole rice meal (WRM) for growing swines, by means of the isotopic dilution technique. The barrows were allotted to a complete randomized experimental design, with four treatments and three replicates. The treatments consisted on two diets without WRM (with or without 1250 FTU [Unit of Phytase Activity]/kg diet), […]