Phosphorus bioavailability in diets for growing horses

Autor: Carlos Eduardo Furtado, B. Winkler, Flávio Dutra de Resende, S L S Cabral Filho, Dorinha Miriam Silber Schmidt Vitti, Ana Alix Mendes de Almeida Oliveira, Hugo Tosi
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Livestock Science. 116:90-95
ISSN: 1871-1413
Popis: A study of phosphorus (P) metabolism was carried out using 12 month old Brasileiro de Hipismo breed of horses to determine the P bioavailability available from feeds commonly fed to horses in Brazil. Five different diets were formulated to contain approximately equivalent levels of crude protein and digestible energy, as well as to supply at least 22 g P/horse/day (NRC, 1989). All 5 diets contained 40% Bermuda coastal hay plus 60% concentrate. The 5 different concentrates contained: C1 (corn + cottonseed meal) C2 (corn grain + soybean meal) C3 (corn + sugarcane yeast), C4 (oat + cottonseed meal), and C5 (oat + soybean meal). The radioisotope 32 P was injected with 30 MB. Blood, feces and urine were collected for 7 days to evaluate endogenous fecal P and true absorption. Analysis of variance of P intake showed differences due to dietary effects ( P P
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