Broilers Broiler Management Typical nutrient partitioning in broilers . Nitrogen and phosphorus intake and excretion on typical broiler farms.
Nitrogen flows on poultry farms .
Improving protein utilization in the broiler is the most cost effective way to reduce nutrient losses from the farm. Phosphorus flows on po u ltry farms . Assuming typical phosphorus utilization in broilers, phosphorus accumulates in farm soils. All corn and soybean meal used for animal production is needed as a local crop to use up the phosphorus in poultry litter. However, improving phosphorus utilization in the bird, for example by using phytase in the diet, will enable broiler production on imported feeds without exporting manure from the region.