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POULTRY SCIENCE
Volume 82, Issue 3, Pages 414-418Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/ps/82.3.414
Keywords
broilers; bone ash; variance; phytase
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An experiment was conducted to compare two common methods of estimating bone ash from growing broiler chicks (A = autoclaving; B = boiling/extracting). Ross x Ross 1-d-old broiler chicks were fed a corn-soy, phosphorus-deficient diet (22.7% CP, 1% calcium, 0.22% non-phytate phosphorus), with 0, 750, 1,500, 3,000, or 6,000 units of phytase (FTU) to produce bones with a range of ash. The methods were compared with bones from chicks at 7, 14, and 21 d of age. Left legs were used for method B, and right legs were used for method A. Data was analyzed by the general linear models procedure of SAS software, and differences between means were detected using the Duncan's new multiple range test at the 0.05 level. Variance estimates were the mean square errors (from SAS outputs). Sample sizes needed to detect a 2% difference in bone ash were calculated using the method of Zar. The addition of 6,000 FTU/kg increased tibia ash from 26 to 37%, 29 to 41%, and 33 to 43% on Days 7,14 and 21, respectively (method B). With bones from 7-d-old chicks, the same number of samples was necessary to detect a 2% difference using methods A and B. With bones from 14- and 21-d-old chicks, approximately 50 and 150% more samples were necessary, respectively, using method A. The autoclaving method is less labor-intensive and requires no toxic solvents, but for older birds, many more samples or replications are needed to detect the same treatment differences.
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