Effects of Dietary Phosphorus Level in Beef Finishing Diets on Phosphorus Excretion Characteristics

Authors

Bobbi Gene Geisert, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Galen E. Erickson, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Terry J. Klopfenstein, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Matt K. Luebbe, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

January 2005

Comments

Published in 2005 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report. Copyright © 2004 The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.

Abstract

Five ruminally fistulated steers were fed five finishing diets containing varying levels and sources of phosphorus (P). Diets consisted of 3 brewer’s grits-based diets consisting of one with no supplemental P (0.12) and two supplemented with mineral P (0.27%, and 0.42% P), one corn-based diet (0.30% P), and one diet containing dry distillers grains (0.36% P). As P intake increased, P excretion increased and was positively correlated (r = 0.67; P < 0.01) to P intake. Most of the P excretion was fecal P averaging 88.7% of total excretion. With the exception of steers fed the 0.12% P diet with very little (0.50 g/day) urinary P, steers fed the other treatment diets excreted an average 2.1 g/day via the urine. These data suggest that P intake is positively correlated to P excretion and diet P concentration may impact route of excretion.