-S. 1998. Phytate hydrolysis in pigs fed a barley-rapeseed meal diet treated with Aspergillus niger phytase or steeped with whey. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 78: 175-180. The degradation of phytate (myo-inositol hexaphosphate) in a barley-rapeseed meal (80:20) diet due to supplemented Aspergillus niger phytase and steeping (soaking at 40°C for 3 h with feed to water ratio 1 kg:1 L) with whey was studied in eight growing pigs (initial weight 27.8 kg). Phytate and its hydrolysis products (inositol penta-, tetra-and triphosphates, abbreviated IP 5 , IP 4 and IP 3 ) in diets and feces were determined using ion-pair high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Different isomeric forms of inositol tetra-and pentaphosphates were studied utilizing high-performance ion chromatography (HPIC). Supplementing the diet with microbial phytase resulted in a 47% reduction in the amount of fecal phytate. Whey steeping of the diet reduced fecal phytate by 35%. Further reduction of the amount of fecal phytate (64%) was demonstrated in pigs fed the diet both steeped with whey and supplemented with microbial phytase, compared with pigs fed the untreated diet. Identification of IP 4 and IP 5 isomers in fecal samples showed which kind of phytase enzyme was active during phytate hydrolysis in the digestive tract. From these data, it was concluded that pigs fed the basal or whey steeped diet, without supplemented microbial phytase, had higher relative fecal amounts of DL-Ins(1,2,3,4,5)P 5 , compared with pigs fed the microbial phytase supplemented diets. Adding microbial phytase to the diet increased the relative amount of DLIns(1,2,4,5,6)P 5 in feces. With whey steeping of the diet, the relative amount of DL-Ins(1,2,3,4)P 4 isomer in feces was increased and the relative amount of DL-Ins(1,2,5,6)P 4 isomer was decreased. . La quantité de phytate dans les fèces était abaissée de 47 % par l'adjonction de phytase microbienne et de 35 % par le trempage dans le petit-lait, par rapport au régime témoin. Une réduction supplémentaire (64 %) était observée chez les porcs recevant l'aliment, à la fois trempé dans le petit-lait et additionné de phytase microbienne. L'identification des isomères IP 4 et IP 5 dans les prélèvements fécaux révélait quelle sorte de phytase était en cause durant l'hydrolyse des phytates dans le tractus digestif. Ces observations nous amènent à conclure que les porcs recevant le régime témoin ou l'aliment trempé dans le petit-lait sans adjonction de phytase microbienne montraient des teneurs fécales relativement plus élevées de DL-Ins (1,2,3,4,5)P 5 que ceux recevant l'aliment additionné de phytase microbienne. En revanche, l'adjonction de phytase accroissait les teneurs relatives de DL-Ins (1,2,4,5,6)P 5 dans les matières fécales. Le trempage dans le petit-lait accroissait les quantités relatives de DL-Ins (1,2,3,4)P 4 dans les fèces et diminuait celles de DL-Ins(1,2,5,6)P 4 .
Mots clés: Phosphate d'inositol, trempage, phytase d'Aspergillus niger, porcDiets fed to pigs normally contain high amounts of phosphorus in the form of ...