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Table 2 Concentrations of minerals, phytate, and apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) and standardized total tract digestibility (STTD) of phosphorus in copra and palm kernel ingredients (as-fed basis)1

From: Nutritional value of high fiber co-products from the copra, palm kernel, and rice industries in diets fed to pigs

Item

Copra meal

Copra expellers

Palm kernel meal

Palm kernel expellers

Soybean meal

 Ca, %

0.04

0.11

0.20

0.25

0.33

 Cl, %

0.37

-

-

0.15

0.05

 K, %

1.83

1.75

-

0.64

2.11

 Mg, %

0.31

0.23

-

0.29

0.28

 Na, %

0.04

-

-

0.03

0.05

 P, %

0.52

0.53

0.54

0.52

0.67

 S, %

0.31

-

-

0.22

0.4

 Cu, ppm

25

40

-

21

16.5

 Fe, ppm

486

-

-

534

190.5

 Mn, ppm

69

75

-

131

36.7

 Zn, ppm

49

53

-

32

47.9

 Phytate, %

0.79

0.78

1.12

1.29

1.55

 Phytate P, %

0.22

0.22

0.32

0.35

0.44

 Non-phytate P, %

0.30

0.31

0.22

0.16

0.23

P digestibility without phytase

 ATTD, %

60.8

46.0

48.9

30.0

41.1

 STTD, %

70.6

56.5

57.9

39.8

49.6

P digestibility with phytase

 ATTD, %

80.8

-

64.1

58.2

72.2

 STTD, %

90.3

-

73.5

68.1

81.1

  1. 1References [2, 9, 11, 12, 46]