Bone Powder

Bone meal is a by-product of the slaughtering of livestock and rendering of dead animals. Often the skeletal system (bones) is separated from meat during the processing of meat. Bone meal can be used to provide a source of calcium, phosphorus and other minerals in livestock feeding programs. It can be used to replace dicalcium phosphate, which can be made from bones by treating them with a caustic and then with HCl and then precipitating with lime and drying, or other routinely used calcium and phosphorus sources. There are no limitations on using bone meal to replace other dietary calcium and phosphorus sources.