ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2005, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (2): 137-143.doi:

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A Comparison of Two Techniques to Measure the Gastrointestinal Endogenous Phosphorus Outputs and True Phosphorus Digestibility with Growing Pigs

FANG Re-jun; WANG Kang-ning;FAN Ming-zhe;YIN Yu-long; HE Jian-hua   

  1. 1. Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125,China;2. Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan 625014,China; 3.Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128,China
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2005-02-25 Published:2005-02-25

Abstract: The regression analysis technique (REG) and difference technique were used to estimate endogenous P outputs and true P digestibility value with soybean meal (SBM) or wheat middling(WM) as only P source in diets for animals. Eight barrows, average initial body weight 20 kg, were allotted two groups randomly, fed four diets each group according to a 4×4 Latin Square design. Four cornstarch-based diets containing four levels of TP (0.15%, 0.20%, 0.30% and 0.35%) based on fed status each group were formulated from SBM or WM,respectively. Each experimental period comprised 8d with 4 d adaptation and 4 d collection feces. Results showed that: There were significant linear relationship (P<0.05) between fecal P outputs and dietary inputs of P when both expressed as g/kg DM intake diet with TP level of diet from 0.15% to 0.35%, which suggests a stable amount of endogenous P lose in feces for pig. No significant differences (P>0.05) of endogenous P existed determined by REG and difference technique with SBM and WM, implicated that the two assays are valid for estimating endogenous P outputs in pigs. The endogenous P output was 0.65~0.68 g/kg DM intake diets under tested TP levels and true P digestibility value of SBM and WM in growing pigs were 52.1% and 63.7%, respectively.