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Vohra P, Bond DC. The effect of various levels of dietary EDTA on the mineral contents of some tissues of Coturnix Coturnix Japonica. Poultry Sci. 1970; 49:565-568. (NA41) [EDTA, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0 or 4.0%, was added to a diet containing animal and vegetable protein and supplemented with Mn and Zn for quail. When given from hatching, EDTA decreased liveweight gain, haematocrit and Fe in whole blood, liver and kidney. The effects were generally proportional to amount of EDTA in the diet. Ca and Zn in soft tissues were not generally affected but Zn in bone was decreased by 2 or 4% EDTA. EDTA did not cause deaths or delay sexual maturity. The effects of EDTA were less when given from 1 week old than from hatching.

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