Comment on “Bioavailability and Growth Performance of Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Glycinate, Zinc Amino Acid Hydrate, and Zinc Methionine Hydroxy Analog in Male Broilers”
Madhuri Tribhuvan, Shashikant N Phatke · 2026
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Madhuri Tribhuvan and Shashikant N Phatke write a 2026 letter commenting on a broiler chicken study that compared several zinc sources for uptake and growth. The original work used a depletion-repletion model plus a floor-pen trial, and the letter writers praise that design while raising points that could sharpen its reading.
Bone zinc, they note, shows exposure but not whether bones actually grow stronger, since no strength or structure tests were done. Mixed diets also strayed from target zinc levels, which could skew uptake rankings, and added phytase in all feeds may have freed extra zinc on its own. Broader farm validation, they argue, would firm up claims for organic zinc products.
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| CREATOR | Madhuri Tribhuvan, Shashikant N Phatke |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 4994 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |