Animal production for efficient phosphate utilization: from optimized feed to high efficiency livestock

Ermias Kebreab; Anja Varmløse Hansen; Anders Bjerring Strathe

doi:10.1016/j.copbio.2012.06.001

Animal production for efficient phosphate utilization: from optimized feed to high efficiency livestock

Ermias Kebreab, Anja Varmløse Hansen, Anders Bjerring Strathe

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Abstract

Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient for livestock but its efficiency of utilization is below 40%, contributing to environmental issues. In this review, we summarize recent approaches to optimize P availability in livestock diets and improve its utilization efficiency. Phase feeding could potentially reduce P excretion by 20%. Addition of phytase enzymes to diets increased P availability from 42 to 95%. Low phytate transgenic plants and transgenic animals increased P availability by 14% and 52-99%, respectively. In practice, a combination of phase feeding and enzymes has the highest potential for P reduction but legislation and ethics implications will prevent using transgenic animals in the short term. Functional and nutritional genomics may provide tools to improve efficiency in the future.

Original language	English
Journal	Current Opinion in Biotechnology
Volume	23
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	872-877
Number of pages	6
ISSN	0958-1669
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2012.06.001
Publication status	Published - Dec 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

6-Phytase
Animal Feed
Animals
Animals, Genetically Modified
Diet
Genomics
Livestock
Phosphates
Phosphorus, Dietary
Phytic Acid

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Animal production for efficient phosphate utilization: from optimized feed to high efficiency livestock

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