A cure for your nightmares! 😴

Been having nightmares lately? If you’re a nutritionist, we’re certain that the volatility of both ingredient pricing and availability are the reason for the bad dreams… 

• These days, phosphates are no exception – such high prices! However, since they’re essential for the growth and bone formation of pigs, it’s important to provide the animals with adequate levels of phosphorus in the most economical way possible.

🔍 So what’s the best way to do that?

• For starters, phytase is an effective option for increasing the amount of bioavailable phosphorus in the diet – and that’s a well accepted fact. 

📊 But how much phytase should be used in the face of increasing monocalcium phosphate (MCP) prices? 

• Nutritionists can confidently increase dietary phytase levels, in order to reduce feed costs, by quantifying the dietary phytate concentration and using a phytase with a high affinity for phytate (Quantum Blue, for example). That would provide a consistent avP release, and a robust dataset that supports release values at 90% confidence limits – rather than one based on average releases.

🧪 Since Quantum Blue is designed for the high binding affinity of phytate and lower phytate esters, it’s ideal for ensuring a fast and effective breakdown – thus maximizing phytate degradation within the animal. Coupled with the 90% confidence limits for avP release, that makes Quantum Blue key when reducing dietary MCP.   

To learn more, click here or ask Dr. Laura Merriman  – swine technical service at AB Vista.