Published online 25 January 2007
Published in J Environ Qual 36:453-463 (2007)
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0334
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What Aspect of Dietary Modification in Broilers Controls Litter Water-Soluble Phosphorus
Dietary Phosphorus, Phytase, or Calcium?
A. B. Leytema,*,
P. W. Plumsteadb,
R. O. Maguirec,
P. Kwanyuend and
J. Brakeb
a USDA-ARS, Northwest Irrigation and Soils Research Lab., 3793 N. 3600 E., Kimberly, ID 83341-5076, USA
b Dep. of Poultry Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Campus Box 7608, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC 27695-7608
c Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences Dep. (0404), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
d USDA-ARS, Soybean and Nitrogen Fixation Research Unit, 3127 Ligon St., Raleigh, NC 27607

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Fig. 1. The comparison of proportion of phytate P to total phosphorus in litters analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Dashed lines represent the 95% confidence intervals.
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Fig. 2. The effect of dietary available phosphorus on litter total phosphorus concentrations for both non-phytase and phytase-amended diets.
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Fig. 3. The relationship between litter phytate phosphorus concentration and litter total phosphorus concentration for all diets.
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Fig. 4. The influence of dietary calcium to available phosphorus ratio on the litter water-soluble phosphorus concentration of both non-phytase and phytase-amended diets.
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Fig. 5. The influence of dietary calcium to available phosphorus ratio on the litter water-soluble phosphorus to total phosphorus ratio of both non-phytase and phytase-amended diets.
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Fig. 6. The relationship between litter phytate phosphorus to total phosphorus ratio and litter water-soluble phosphorus for both non-phytase and phytase-amended diets.
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Fig. 7. The relationship between dietary calcium to available phosphorus ratio and the fraction of inorganic phosphorus (IP) in litter (determined by 31P nuclear magnetic resonance [NMR] spectroscopy) that was water-soluble.
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