Silicon supplementation affects mineral metabolism but not bone density or strength in male broilers

• Abby Pritchard ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: abby.pritchard@bcm.edu

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9689-5520

  ⨯
• Cara Robison,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

  ⨯
• Tristin Nguyen,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

  ⨯
• Brian D. Nielsen

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

  ⨯