Designing Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles with the Co-Precipitation Technique to Improve Phosphorous Availability in Broiler Chicks
Diana A. Gutiérrez-Arenas,
Manuel Cuca-García,
Miguel A. Méndez-Rojas,
Arturo Pro-Martínez,
Carlos M. Becerril-Pérez,
Maria Eugenia Mendoza-Álvarez,
Fidel Ávila-Ramos,
Jacinto Efrén Ramírez-Bribiesca
Affiliations
Diana A. Gutiérrez-Arenas
Departamento de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, División de Ciencias de la Vida, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, Universidad de Guanajuato, Ex Hacienda El Copal Km. 9, Carretera Irapuato-Silao, A.P. 311, Irapuato CP 36824, Gto., Mexico
Manuel Cuca-García
Programa de Ganadería, Instituto de Recursos Genéticos y Productividad, Campus Montecillo, Colegio de Postgraduados, Carretera Mexico-Texcoco Km. 36.5, Montecillo, Texcoco CP 56230, Méx., Mexico
Miguel A. Méndez-Rojas
Departamento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas, Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Ex Hacienda Santa Catarina Mártir S/N, San Andrés Cholula CP 72810, Pue., Mexico
Arturo Pro-Martínez
Programa de Ganadería, Instituto de Recursos Genéticos y Productividad, Campus Montecillo, Colegio de Postgraduados, Carretera Mexico-Texcoco Km. 36.5, Montecillo, Texcoco CP 56230, Méx., Mexico
Carlos M. Becerril-Pérez
Programa de Ganadería, Instituto de Recursos Genéticos y Productividad, Campus Montecillo, Colegio de Postgraduados, Carretera Mexico-Texcoco Km. 36.5, Montecillo, Texcoco CP 56230, Méx., Mexico
Maria Eugenia Mendoza-Álvarez
Instituto de Física, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Av. San Claudio, Col. San Manuel, Puebla CP 72570, Pue., Mexico
Fidel Ávila-Ramos
Departamento de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, División de Ciencias de la Vida, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, Universidad de Guanajuato, Ex Hacienda El Copal Km. 9, Carretera Irapuato-Silao, A.P. 311, Irapuato CP 36824, Gto., Mexico
Jacinto Efrén Ramírez-Bribiesca
Programa de Ganadería, Instituto de Recursos Genéticos y Productividad, Campus Montecillo, Colegio de Postgraduados, Carretera Mexico-Texcoco Km. 36.5, Montecillo, Texcoco CP 56230, Méx., Mexico
Dicalcium phosphate (DP) is a mineral involved in the metabolism and development and is used as a dietary source of phosphorus (PT) for poultry. Our study objective is to design nano-dicalcium phosphate (NDP) by co-precipitation. The methodological procedure was divided into two phases: (1) NDP synthesis, and (2) bird performance, digestibility, and Ca-P in chick’s tissues. The sizes of the NDP were 20–80 nm. NDP had the Ca: P ratio of 1:1.12. The birds were divided into control diet (available P (Pa) = 0.13%) and three supplementary P sources [Commercial (Calcium phosphate), analytical grade (DP) and nanoparticles (NDP)] with three Pa levels (0.24, 0.35, 0.46%). Supplementary P sources compared to the control treatment had the highest body weight gain (698.56 vs. 228; p T (67%) improved with 0.35% NDP. The highest contents of PT -breast were with the levels of 0.35 and 0.46% NDP. The PT, ash, and diameters were higher (p T in the breast.
