The effect of phytase enzyme and level on nutrient extraction by broilers

Crops and Livestock Research Centre, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. silversidesf@agr.gc.ca

Three experimental phytase enzyme preparations derived from the same Escherichia coli gene but produced in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (A), Pichia pastoris (B), and Pseudomonas fluorescens (C) were compared with a commercial enzyme preparation by addition to wheat-soybean meal diets fed to broiler chicks. A positive control diet contained sufficient available phosphorus for normal broiler growth and a negative control diet was phosphorus deficient. The 4 enzymes were added to the negative control diet at 3 levels each (150, 450, and 1,250 U/kg), and all diets were pelleted above 80 degrees C. Broiler chicks were fed experimental diets from 4 to 21 d. Chick performance and nutrient digestibility showed that the pel leting process inactivated enzymes A and C and the commercial enzyme. When added to the negative control diet, enzyme B had positive effects on broiler performance and calcium and phosphorus digestibility, and increasing levels of enzyme had greater positive effects. Enzyme B also increased the AME and protein digestibility over those of either control diet. These results suggest that enzyme B was not inactivated by pelleting above 80 degrees C, whereas the other enzymes were.

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