Effect of phosphorus on growth performance, skeletal integrity and phosphorus utilization in growing pigs
| dc.contributor.author | Pokharel, Bishwo | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Nyachoti, Charles Martin (Animal Science) Akinremi, Wole (Soil Science) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Kim, Woo Kyun (Animal Science) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-04-24T15:59:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-04-24T15:59:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-04-24 | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Animal Science | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Science (M.Sc.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Two experiments were conducted to determine the effects of phosphorus (P) in growing pigs. In experiment 1, fifty-four pigs were randomly allotted to three diets with available phosphorus (aP) concentrations of 0.23%, 0.17% and 0.11%. In experiment 2, twenty-eight pigs were assigned to four treatments including T1 (diet with 0.23% aP for three wks), T2 (diet with 0.11% aP for wk1 replaced by diet with 0.23% aP for wk2 and wk3), T3 (diet with 0.11% aP for wk1 and wk2 replaced by diet with 0.23% aP for wk3) and T4 (diet with 0.11% aP for all three wks). The 0.11% aP diet proved to be very low with negative effects on performance and bone quality. Reduced dietary P resulted in reduced P intake and reduced P excretion. In conclusion, growing pigs are sensitive to P and environmental pollution because of dietary P can be reduced by dietary manipulation of P. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | May 2015 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/30412 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | Phosphorus | en_US |
| dc.subject | Growing pigs | en_US |
| dc.subject | Performance | en_US |
| dc.subject | Bone quality | en_US |
| dc.subject | Gene expression | en_US |
| dc.title | Effect of phosphorus on growth performance, skeletal integrity and phosphorus utilization in growing pigs | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |