Effect of low-level calcium and phosphorus diets supplemented with calcium pidolate on broiler body weight and rate of culled birds

Abstract

Decreasing dietary Ca may improve phosphorous (P) utilization, while an excess of Ca may aggravate a P deficiency. Therefore, different researchers have shown that a moderate reduction in dietary Ca had no deleterious effects on broiler performance. Besides, calcium pidolate (PCa) is known as an ingredient directly promoting the absorption of calcium and indirectly phosphorus.