Campus Units
Animal Science
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2-23-2017
Journal or Book Title
National Hog Farmer
Abstract
In many plants, such as corn and soybean meal, much of the phosphorus is stored in a compound called phytate. Why is this important? There are three reasons. First, the pig cannot digest phytate-bound phosphorus, so it passes through the pig into the manure; this is good for producing nutrient-rich fertilizer to be applied to corn and soybean fields, but not so good for feeding pigs.
Copyright Owner
Informa PLC
Copyright Date
2017
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Patience, John; Gould, Stacie; Holloway, Cassie; Koehler, Dean; and Gesing, Leah, "Super-dosing phytase improves nursery growth performance" (2017). Animal Science Publications. 788.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ans_pubs/788
Comments
This article is published as Patience, J.F., S. Gould, C. Holloway, D. Koehler and L. Gesing. Super-dosing phytase improves nursery growth performance. National Hog Farmer. February 23, 2017. Posted with permission.