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Calcium metabolism in sheep fed different calcium sources. 1. True availability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

A.P. Roque ,
R.S. Dias ,
I.C.S. Bueno ,
V.F. Nascimento Filho ,
M.S. Bueno ,
L.E. Santos ,
E.A. Cunha  and
D.M.S.S. Vitti
A.P. Roque*
Affiliation:
Animal Nutrition Laboratory – Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP) PO Box 96, CEP 13400-970, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
R.S. Dias
Affiliation:
Animal Nutrition Laboratory – Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP) PO Box 96, CEP 13400-970, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
I.C.S. Bueno
Affiliation:
Animal Nutrition Laboratory – Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP) PO Box 96, CEP 13400-970, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
V.F. Nascimento Filho
Affiliation:
Animal Nutrition Laboratory – Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP) PO Box 96, CEP 13400-970, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
M.S. Bueno
Affiliation:
Animal Nutrition Laboratory – Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP) PO Box 96, CEP 13400-970, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
L.E. Santos
Affiliation:
Animal Nutrition Laboratory – Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP) PO Box 96, CEP 13400-970, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
E.A. Cunha
Affiliation:
Animal Nutrition Laboratory – Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP) PO Box 96, CEP 13400-970, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
D.M.S.S. Vitti
Affiliation:
Animal Nutrition Laboratory – Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP) PO Box 96, CEP 13400-970, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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E-mail: [email protected]
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Mineral deficiencies represent an important factor responsible for the low ruminant productivity in Brazil, and cause a decrease in growth rate and weight gain, low reproductive efficiency and low meat and milk production. Calcium is one of the minerals most studied in animal nutrition due to its great number of functions in animal metabolism. It is located in soft tissues and mainly in bones. Citrus pulp, Lucerne hay, limestone, oyster shell meal and dicalcium phosphate have been studied as low cost alternative Ca sources. Using the isotopic dilution technique, it is possible to obtain the true availability for this mineral. The aim of this experiment was to study the effect of different Ca sources on true Ca availability in sheep.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2004 , 2004 , pp. 112
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2004

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