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Contents

General introduction




Natural sources of minerals




The detection and correction of mineral imbalances in animals




Calcium




Phosphorus




Magnesium




Sodium and chloride




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


Appendices:



Chemical symbols, atomic numbers & weights & group in periodic table




Common ingredients of Mineral Supplements & Mineral Content prior to mixing

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Review

This book is designed for animal nutritionists, feed industry, veterinarians, animal scientists and advanced students of animal nutrition.

It is an up-to-date reference work covering all aspects of macro and trace element nutrition in farm livestock. Sufficient information is given on metabolism, functions and interactions to explain why needs, feeds and imbalances are not always easy to define or anticipate. The major emphasis is on the mineral nutrition of ruminant livestock since they are most likely to be affected by imbalances but where pigs and poultry are the more vulnerable, extensive coverage of the non-ruminant is given.

This new edition of a highly successful text has been thoroughly revised and significantly expanded.

Claims for enhanced availability for new chelated sources are critically reviewed.

Many chapters have been extensively updated and several chapters on new topics introduced. Completely new chapters focus on:
 

• The unique need of the ruminant for elemental sulphur
  
• Occasionally beneficial elements and essentially toxic elements
  
• The improved conduct and interpretation of supplementation trials.

 

Paperback edition (2001) only available from Amazon UK (Europe) bookshop but Amazon UK delivers world-wide
 
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