Formulating diets based on digestible calcium instead of total calcium does not affect growth performance or carcass characteristics, but microbial phytase ameliorates bone resorption caused by low calcium in diets fed to pigs from 11 to 130 kg
Author(s) -
L Vanessa Lagos,
Su A Lee,
M.R. Bedford,
Hans H Stein
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of animal science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.928
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1525-3015
pISSN - 0021-8812
DOI - 10.1093/jas/skab057
Subject(s) - phytase , zoology , calcium , bone ash , meal , soybean meal , chemistry , phosphorus , biology , food science , raw material , organic chemistry
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