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Formaldehyde treatment suppresses ruminal degradation of phytate in soyabean meal and rapeseed meal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Woong-Yeoul Park
Affiliation:
Division of Applied Biosciences Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502Japan
Tohru Matsui*
Affiliation:
Division of Applied Biosciences Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502Japan
Chiaki Konishi
Affiliation:
Division of Applied Biosciences Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502Japan
Sung-Won Kim
Affiliation:
Division of Applied Biosciences Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502Japan
Fumiko Yano
Affiliation:
Faculty of Biology-Oriented Science, Kinki University, Uchita, Wakayama, Japan
Hideo Yano
Affiliation:
Division of Applied Biosciences Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502Japan
*
*Corresponding author: Dr Tohru Matsui, fax +81 75 753 6344, email matsui@jkans.jkans.kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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Most of the P in oilseed meal is in the form of phytate P, and phytate forms complexes with protein. Phytate P has been considered to be absorbed easily in ruminants because of phytate degradation in the rumen. Treatment of oilseed meals with formaldehyde improves the nutritional value of protein through suppressing its ruminal degradation. The present experiment was conducted to study the effects of formaldehyde treatment on phytate degradation in the rumen. The ruminal degradation of phytate in formaldehyde-treated soyabean meal or rapeseed meal was determined by a nylon-bag technique in sheep. Soyabean meal and rapeseed meal were treated with formaldehyde at levels of 3, 5 or 10 g/kg. Treatment with formaldehyde suppressed phytate and protein degradation in both the oilseed meals. Compared with the regular soyabean meal, the regular rapeseed meal showed lower degradability of phytate in the rumen. These results suggest that treatment with formaldehyde suppresses ruminal degradation of phytate in oilseed meal. Thus, the absorption of P from oilseed meal is probably decreased by this treatment in ruminants.

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Research Article
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1999

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