Foodstuff Total P(%) Phytate (% of Total P) Barley Corn Wheat Soybean meal Cottonseed meal Sesame meal Wheat bran Adapted from Nelson et al. Poultry Sci. 47:1372 ‘68 Phytate P content of Major Swine Feeds
Action of Phytase
Small Intestine Duodenum Stomach Liver Pancreas Cecum Colon Phytase produced in the salivary glands and secreted in the saliva Phytase Phytate Phosphate PHOSPHATE ABSORPTION Indigestible Phytate phosphorus in the diet Manure low in Phosphorus Phytate in a non-Transgenic pig Phytate in the Enviropig How the Enviropig TM Works