The objective of this experiment was to estimate the dietary phosphorus requirement (P) for maintenance of kid goats in the growth phase by the endogenous loss method and comparative slaughter technique. Twenty-one males, average 18 kg LW, were used. From those, three were slaughtered at the beginning of the experiment, as reference, and the remaining 18 animals were fed isocaloric and isoproteic diets in a completely randomized design with 3×2 factorial arrangement (level of dietary P [0.12, 0.21 and 0.29% […]