Effects of graded levels of dietary phosphorus on bone mineralization in the very young poult. Academic Article

abstract

• An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of graded levels of dicalcium phosphate on bone mineralization in 1 and 3-week-old poults. Corn-soybean meal diets calculated to contain 1.5% calcium and either .35, .55, .75, .95, or 1.15% available phosphorus were fed to battery brooder reared poults for 3 weeks. Body weights and percent tibia ash were determined at 1 and 3 weeks. Body weight was not significantly affected by dietary phosphorus at either 1 or 3 weeks of age. Percent tibia ash was significantly greater in 1-week-old poults receiving a minimum of .75% available phosphorus. In 3-week-old poults, maximum tibia ash was obtained with with a minimum of .55 available phosphorus. This study suggests the level of dietary phosphorus necessary to achieve maximum tibia ash in 3-week-old poults is not sufficient for maximum tibia ash in 1-week-old poults.

authors

• Bailey, Christopher

published proceedings

• Poult Sci

author list (cited authors)

• Bailey, C. A., Linton, S., Brister, R., & Creger, C. R.

citation count

• 13

complete list of authors

• Bailey, CA||Linton, S||Brister, R||Creger, CR

publication date

• January 1986

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Poultry Science  Journal

keywords

• Aging
• Animals
• Body Weight
• Bone Development
• Diet
• Male
• Phosphorus
• Turkeys

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.3382/ps.0651018

start page

• 1018

end page

• 1020

volume

• 65

issue

• 5

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.3382%2Fps.0651018