Dietary Calcium and Non-phytin Phosphorus Interaction on Growth, Bone Mineralization and Mineral Retention in Broiler Starter Chicks

Abstract

Recently growing concern over the environmental pollution from large scale poultry farming is primarily associated with excretion of un-utilized mineral compounds like phytin phosphorus (PP) The PP chelates other minerals like Ca, Cu, Zn, Fe etc. However, the PP can be made available by maintaining proper Ca and P ratio Therefore, in the present study an attempt was made to study the interaction between Ca and NPP in broiler starter chicken on the growth performance, leg abnormality score, bone mineralization, serum bio-chemical profile, excretion of minerals and retention of trace minerals in liver.