Reduction of Phosphorus Pollution from Broilers Waste through Supplementation of Wheat Based Broilers Feed with Phytase

Table 1

Ingredients and composition of experimental diets.

Feeds	Control; (g/100 g)	Group A; (g/100 g)	Group B; (g/100 g)
Wheat	65.00	65.00	65.00
Soybean meal	14.86	14.86	14.86
Sunflower meal	7.62	7.62	7.62
Vegetable oil	0.92	0.92	0.92
Salt	0.50	0.50	0.50
DL-methionine	0.12	0.12	0.12
L-lysine	0.17	0.17	0.17
Vitamin premix	0.25	0.25	0.25
Mineral premix	0.25	0.25	0.25
Dicalcium phosphate	1.33	1.33	1.33
Ground limestone	8.98	8.98	8.98
Phytase enzyme (U/kg)	—	300	600
Chemical analysis (DM basis)
Dry matter (%)	89.27	89.30	89.32
Crude protein (%)	15.00	15.03	1 5.02
Crude cellulose (%)	4.28	4.29	4.29
Ash (%)	13.65	13.63	13.62
Ether extract (%)	6.04	6.06	6.03
Calcium (%)	3.75	3.70	3.73
Phosphorus (%)	0.42	0.41	0.42
Methionine (%)	0.60	0.61	0.61
Lysine (%)	0.79	0.78	0.77
Linoleic acid (%)	1.83	1.82	1.84

(Source: Hi-Tech Feed, Lahore, Pakistan).