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Influence of phytate on calcium excretion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

R. S. Dias
Affiliation:
Animal Nutrition Laboratory, Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, PO Box 96, CEP 13400-970, SP, Brazil
D. C. Alves
Affiliation:
Animal Nutrition Laboratory, Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, PO Box 96, CEP 13400-970, SP, Brazil
A. P. Roque*
Affiliation:
Animal Nutrition Laboratory, Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, PO Box 96, CEP 13400-970, SP, Brazil
D. M. S. S. Vitti
Affiliation:
Animal Nutrition Laboratory, Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, PO Box 96, CEP 13400-970, SP, Brazil
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Concentrate mixtures fed ruminants generally are composed by cereals where phosphorus is present mainly in phytate form or phytin (Maga, 1982). Phytate phosphorus is thought to be completely available to ruminants due to the presence of phytase enzyme that hydrolyzes phytate phosphorus making it available for absorption. Researches have shown that this fact is not always true, depending on different conditions (Park et al., 2000). The aim of this paper was to study the influence of phytate phosphorus on calcium availability.

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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2005

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