The inability of horses to absorb calcium from calcium oxalate
- 1 December 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Agricultural Science
- Vol. 97 (3) , 639-641
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021859600036984
Abstract
SUMMARY: Six horses were fed Setaria sphacelata var. sericea cv. Narok hay in a mineral balance experiment and were in negative calcium balance. This should have ensured maximum efficiency of calcium absorption. Only 6·3% of calcium from a single dose of 1·32 kg calcium oxalate was retained by the horses, which supports the suggestion that horses cannot utilize calcium in tropical grasses if it is present as calcium oxalate crystals.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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