Effect of Dietary Calcium and Phosphorus Level Upon Calcium, Phosphorus and Nitrogen Balance in Swine

Authors

P. E. Vipperman, Jr., University of Florida
E. R. Peo, Jr., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
P. J. Cunningham, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Date of this Version

1974

Comments

Published in the Journal of Animal Science 38 (1974), pp. 758-765. Copyright © 1974 American Society of Animal Science. Used by permission.

Abstract

Three metabolism trials were conducted to determine the effects of dietary calcium and phosphorus level upon calcium, phosphorus and nitrogen balance in growing swine. The nine pigs in each trial averaged 22.6, 25.2 and 26.5 kg initially for trials 1, 2 and 3, respectively. The diets contained three levels of calcium and three levels of phosphorus and were rotated among the pigs in the three trials. Feed intake was adjusted to metabolic size.