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Effects of dietary phosphorus and calcium levels and phytase supplementation on bone metabolism of egg-laying hens
DownloadFall 2018
The importance of this Ph.D. thesis work is to assess the effects of dietary available phosphorus (avP) and calcium (Ca) levels and phytase supplementation in egg-laying hens and broilers. Two trials were conducted to evaluate the effects of marginal, moderate, and severe reduction in dietary avP...
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Effects of phytase in laying hen diets reduced in available phosphorus and calcium on productivity, eggshell quality, and bone mineralization of white egg layers
DownloadSpring 2021
Phosphorus and Ca are essential for maintaining egg production and bone health of laying hens. The effects of marginal or moderate reductions in available P (aP) and Ca in layer diets, with or without phytase supplementation on performance, egg production, apparent ileal digestibility (AID) and...