REDUÇÃO DO NÍVEL DE CÁLCIO DIETÉTICO PARA FRANGOS DE CORTE NA FASE INICIAL DE CRESCIMENTO

• Main Authors: Elaine Barbosa Muniz, Alex Martins Varela de Arruda, Edson José Fassani, Aloísio Soares Teixeira, José Humberto Vilar da Silva
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido 2007-01-01
• Series: Revista Caatinga
• Online Access: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=237117565009

This work objectived to evaluate the influence of the calcium levels reduction (0.75 and 0.60%), using two suplemental sources in the diet, limestones of two distinct deposits of calcareous rock (A and B), for female and male broiler chickens in the period between 1 to 28 days of age, and thus, its effect on the performance and the bone development. For such purpose, had been used 288 female and 288 male cobb line broilers, by entirely randomized design in factorial arrangement (2x2x2). The food intake and live weight gain had presented significant differences for the calcium sources, while the calcium level and the sex of the chickens had influenced the feed conversion, the mineralization and the length of the tibia bone. The reduction in the calcium level to 0.75% with the tested limestones, in males and females, provided to satisfactory performance, bone mineralization and calcium retention.