Alpaca Articles : Health & Husbandry Phosphorus , Calcium & Vitamin D – “ The 3 Amigos ”

Recently there has been a lot of talk in alpaca circles about phosphorus. Personally, I have been approached by many alpaca owners questioning whether it is something new and whether phosphorus supplementation is going to fix or solve this or that. Basically people have been trying to understand what it is all about! Hence it is timely to look at the topic of phosphorus and alpacas but is it that easy? One of the key issues in this discussion is to understand that phosphorus has some very close relationships with calcium and in particular Vitamin D. Just looking at one without considering the others can lead to some incorrect conclusions; one must truly take a bigger look to get the right answers.