Effect of Phytase Supplementation on Blood Chemistry and Milk Composition of Lactating Buffaloes | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Chemistry | ||||
Article 13, Volume 65, Issue 6, June 2022, Page 133-142 PDF (493.99 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejchem.2021.96005.4501 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Noha A. Hassaan 1; Mahmoud Khorshid2; Mohsen Shoukry1; Abdelmegid Abedo1; Abd El-Nasser Khattab3; Nasr E. El-Bordeny2 | ||||
1Animal Production Dept., National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, 12311, Egypt | ||||
2Animal Production Dept., Fac. of Agric., Ain Shams Univ., P.O. Box 68 Hadayek Shoubra, 11241, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
3Genetics and Cytology Department, National Research Centre | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Abstract The impact of adding a laboratory-produced phytase to lactating buffaloes diets compared to commercial phytase (Axtra® PHY) on the nutrients digestibility, fecal excretion of calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), magnesium (Mg) and some blood biochemical parameters, as well as milk yield composition was evaluated. Twelve lactating buffaloes were randomly divided into three groups, four animals each, using a complete random design. The entire experimental period was 105 day. The experimental groups were: G1 (control): buffaloes fed the experimental ration (ER, 60% concentrate feed mixture : 40% berseem hay) without enzyme, G2: buffaloes fed ER plus 1200 IU of the commercial enzyme and G3: buffaloes fed ER plus 1200 IU of the produced enzyme (PE). Phytase supplementation from both sources resulted in significant improvement (P | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Keywords: Buffaloes; Phosphorus; Phytase; Nutrients digestibility; Milk yield and milk composition | ||||
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