Feed mineral mixture for higher milk production

摘要

Feeding of animals constitutes more than 65 per cent of the financial input in dairy farming. The health, production and reproduction performance of animals depend upon the balanced feeding viz. concentrate, dry/green fodder, vitamin as well as minerals. Minerals are required in very small amounts for virtually every physiological process from maintaining the rigidity of bones and teeth to the establishment of the structure of proteins and lipids. At least 17 mineral elements have been identified asnutritionally essential to dairy animals. These comprise seven major or macro minerals i.e. calcium, phosphorous, potassium, magnesium, sodium, chlorine and sulphur; ten trace or micro elements i.e. iron, copper, zinc, cobalt, manganese, iodine, molybdenum, selenium, chromium and fluorine. Each mineral has its own importance for the living organism irrespective of its concentration.