An experiment was conducted on 250 day old broiler chicks to investigate the effect of replacing cholecalciferol (CC) (1800 ICU/kg diet) (diet 1) with plant derived 1, 25 (OH)2 D3, (PD metabolite) at 25, 50, 75 and 100% (diet 2 to 5, respectively) on performance, bone mineralization and Calcium (Ca) and Phosphorus (P) retention in broiler chicken (0 to 42 d of age) fed diets containing suboptimal levels of Ca and non phytate P (NPP) ( Ca and NPP during starter and Ca and NPP during finisher). |
