Dietary vitamin D3 requirement of magang goslings from 1–21 days of age

The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary vitamin D3 levels (0, 200, 400, 800, 1600, and 3200 IU/kg) on growth performance, calcium-phosphorus metabolism, and tibia development of goslings from 1 to 21 days of age. A total of 720 one-day-old Magang male goslings with simil...

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Published in:Animal feed science and technology 2023-10, Vol.304, p.115757, Article 115757
Main Authors: Wang, H., Wang, X.Y., Zhan, Y.C., Peng, B., Zhang, H.Q., Wang, W.C., Yang, L., Zhu, Y.W.
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Language:English
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Calcium-phosphorus metabolism
Geese
Tibia development
Vitamin D3 requirement
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Summary:The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary vitamin D3 levels (0, 200, 400, 800, 1600, and 3200 IU/kg) on growth performance, calcium-phosphorus metabolism, and tibia development of goslings from 1 to 21 days of age. A total of 720 one-day-old Magang male goslings with similar initial body weight were randomly divided into 6 treatments with 6 replicates per treatment and 20 geese per replicate. The goslings fed with 400 IU vitamin D3/kg of diet obtained the maximum average daily gain, while vitamin D3 supplementation significantly improved the feed/gain of goslings aged from 1 to 21 days (P 
ISSN:0377-8401
1873-2216
DOI:10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2023.115757