“…Sheep and cattle fed concentrate diets in general seem to excrete much higher levels of phosphorus in their urine (Reed, Elliot & Topps, 1965;Topps, Reed & Elliot, 1966;Hyldgaard-Jensen, Whitelaw, Reid & Murray, 1966;Scott, 1972) than those fed roughage diets (Guegen, 1962;Scott, 1969Scott, , 1972Manston & Vagg, 1970;Clark, Budtz-Olsen, Cross, Finnamore & Bauert, 1973;Grace, Ullyat & MacRae, 1974;Tomas, 1975;Towns, Boston & Leaver, 1978;Grace, 1982) and in some circumstances this can lead to the formation of renal calculi (Bushman, Emerick & Embry, 1965;Hoar, Emerick & Embry, 1969;Rice & McMurray, 1981;Godwin & Williams, 1982). The reason for this phosphaturia is not entirely clear.…”