Twenty-one castrated male pigs averaging 31.94 kg were used to evaluate phosphorus kinetics in swine tissues. The experiment was arranged in randomized blocks, with seven treatments, four replicates and one pig/box. The diets were corn and soybean meal-based and P supplementation from the following sources: dicalcium (FBC), monodicalcium (MBC), triple superphosphate (ST); simple superphosphate (SS), Catalão rock (ROCHA) phosphoric acid (AcF), and diet controls without supplemental P (CONT). At the end of the seventh day applying the 7,4MBq of 32P, three animals were slaughtered per treatment. Animals fed CONT presented a smaller concentration of P in the tissues and those fed SS and ST presented greater concentration. P concentration in the bone was superior to that in the liver and kidney, with the smallest was observed in the heart and muscle. The rate of 32P retention in the tissues decreased as follows: liver, kidney, muscle, heart and bone. Retention rate was highest in the animals fed diet CONT and smallest in the animals fed AcF and ST. Substitution of stable P by radioactive P was greater in the animals fed CONT and smaller for MBC and ST. The liver and kidney presented the highest substitution rate, followed by the heart and muscle, with the bone presenting a smaller rate. The exchange of 32P between plasma and the organs decreased in the tissues in the following order: liver, kidney, muscle, heart and bone. The exchange was greater in the animals fed diet ROCHA and CONT. It was concluded that the liver and kidney are important organs in phosphorus metabolism. The use of diets a smaller level and organic source of P and supplemented with rock phosphate had a negative influence on the mobilization rate, reception and retention of phosphorus in the animals' tissues.
absorption; isotopic dilution; metabolism; nutrition; 32P; retention
