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The mineral nutrition of livestock / E.J. Underwood and N.F. Suttle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Underwood, E. J. (Eric John), 1905-1980.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animal nutrition.
- Minerals in animal nutrition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (624 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York : CABI Pub., c1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Beginning with a general introduction on the physiological need for minerals, dietary sources of minerals and the principles governing detection of deficiencies, this text also includes chapters on detection, macro-minerals, calcium and phosphorus.
- Contents:
- THE MINERAL NUTRITION OF LIVESTOCK 3rd Edition; Contents; Preface; 1. General Introduction; 2. Natural Sources of Minerals; 3. The Detection and Correction of Mineral Imbalances in Animals; 4.Calcium; 5. Phosphorus; 6. Magnesium; 7. Sodium and Chlorine; 8. Potassium; 9. Sulphur; 10. Cobalt; 11. Copper; 12. Iodine; 13. Iron; 14. Manganese; 15. Selenium; 16. Zinc; 17. Occasionally Beneficial Elements (Boron, Chromium, Lithium, Molybdenum, Nickel, Silicon, Tin, Vanadium); 18. Essentially Toxic Elements (Aluminium, Arsenic, Cadmium, Fluorine, Lead, Mercury); 19. Design of Supplementation Trials for Assessing Mineral Deprivation; Appendices; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-90815-7
- 9786610908158
- 1-84593-299-4
- OCLC:
- 476080852
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