Increasing doses of phytase from Citrobacter braakii in diets with reduced inorganic phosphorus and calcium improve growth performance and lean meat of growing and finishing pigs.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of increasing doses of bacterial phytase (RONOZYME HiPhos) on performance and carcass characteristics of growing and finishing pigs. The study included 120 castrated males with initial weight of 23.21 ± 1.91 kg and 68 days of age, distributed in...

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Main Authors: Caio Abércio da Silva, Marco Aurélio Callegari, Cleandro Pazinato Dias, Ana Maria Bridi, Carlos Rodolfo Pierozan, Luciana Foppa, Claudia Cassimira da Silva Martins, Francine Taniguchi Falleiros Dias, Adsos Passos, Rafael Hermes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217490