%0 Journal Article %T Effects of Different Dietary Calcium Levels on the Performance, Egg Quality, and Albumen Transparency of Laying Pigeons %A Chunyu Mu %A Lingling Chang %A Qingping Tang %A Rui Zhang %A Shengyong Fu %J Archive of "Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI". %D 2019 %R 10.3390/ani9030110 %X The transparency of pigeon egg albumen is a special phenotypic trait that different from other poultry eggs, and calcium is one of the main factors. This experiment aimed to study the effects of added dietary Ca on production performance, egg quality, and albumen transparency. It will guide producers on how to feed their laying pigeons and provide a scientific basis for special feed research and the development of laying pigeons with transparent eggs %K laying pigeon %K calcium level %K performance %K egg quality %K albumen transparency %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6466078/