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Disodium EDTA is a chelating agent used in calcium studies, and EDTA is thought to be aggressive against calcium homeostasis mechanisms. The sodium ions of the chelate are replaced by calcium, which can form soluble, non-toxic, and physiologically unavailable complexes that are excreted in the urine. When the EDTA combines with available calcium in the blood, the animal is forced into a negative calcium equilibrium. In this case, the calcium homeostasis mechanism may respond to skeletal, gastrointestinal, and renal effects via parathyroid hormone and 1,25 (OH) 2 vit D3.