The effect of reducing dietary calcium in prestarter diets (0–4 D) on growth performance of broiler chickens, tibia characteristics, and calcium and phosphorus concentration in blood
During the incubation period, the Ca-to-P weight (mg/mg) ratio in the yolk increases from 0.26 on day 0 to 0.92 on day 17.5 and to 2.9 at hatch. Moreover, the absolute Ca content in the yolk increases by 41%, whereas P content decreases by 87%, from day 0 to the day of hatching. Thus, at hatch and d...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Poultry Science |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579120303916 |