The mineral nutrition of livestock /

• Main Authors: Underwood, Eric J. 1905- (Author), Suttle, N. F., (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 1999.
• Edition: 3rd edition.
• Subjects: Minerals in animal nutrition.; Animal Nutrition (General); Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries of Animals.; Deficiency.; Livestock.; Mineral metabolism.; Mineral nutrition.; Minerals.; Requirements.; Electronic books.
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This edition is a thorough revision of the previous. There are 3 chapters on general principles, natural sources of minerals, and detection and correction of mineral imbalances in animals. Individual chapters are given to Ca, P, Mg, Na and Cl, K, S, Co, Cu, I, Fe, Mn, Se, and Zn. Three final chapter...

Table of Contents:

• General Introduction
• Natural Sources of Minerals
• The Detection and Correction of Mineral Imbalances in Animals
• Calcium
• Phosphorus
• Magnesium
• Sodium and Chlorine
• Potassium
• Sulphur
• Cobalt
• Copper
• Iodine
• Iron
• Manganese
• Selenium
• Zinc
• Occasionally Beneficial Elements (Boron, Chromium, Lithium, Molybdenum, Nickel, Silicon, Tin, Vanadium)
• Essentially Toxic Elements (Aluminium, Arsenic, Cadmium, Fluorine, Lead, Mercury)
• Design of Supplementation Trials for Assessing Mineral Deprivation.