Phosphorus utilization in chicks fed hydrated sodium calcium aluminosilicate.
Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of hydrated Na Ca aluminosilicate (HSCAS) on P utilization of young broiler chicks. Phosphorus-deficient corn-soybean meal diets containing .36% (.134% available) P and 1% Ca were fortified with 0, .05 and .10% P provided as KH2PO4 (22.8% P) or feed-grade dicalcium phosphate (18.9% P). Diets were available ad libitum to chicks receiving 0, .50 or 1.0% HSCAS during the period 8 to 22 d posthatching. Weight of tibia ash, percentage of tibia ash and bone-breaking force were regressed on supplemental P intake to assess P utilization in the absence or presence of HSCAS. Tibia parameters (ash weight, percentage of ash and bone-breaking force) responded linearly (P less than .01) to P supplementation. Regardless of P source (KH2PO4 or dicalcium phosphate), .5% or 1.0% HSCAS had no effect (P greater than .1) on P utilization. With no supplemental P, tibia parameters also were not affected (P greater than .05) by HSCAS. Phosphorus utilization from dicalcium phosphate was estimated to be 87% as efficient as that observed for KH2PO4. The results suggest that dietary HSCAS does not impair utilization of either phytate or inorganic P.
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Dept. of Anim. Sci., University of Illinois, Urbana 61801.
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D000538:Aluminum Silicates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D001682:Biological Availability; D015519:Bone Density / Q000187:drug effects; D002645:Chickens / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000378:metabolism*; D011897:Random Allocation; D013977:Tibia / Q000032:analysis / Q000187:drug effects; D017641:Zeolites
D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D017641:Zeolites; D010758:Phosphorus