Re-Defining Mineral Nutrition

Featuring papers from some of the world's leading authorities, the fundamental aim of this volume is to re-examine the current status of mineral recommendations and to look at how minerals are applied in feeds for poultry, pigs and ruminants. It also considers the affects of new legislation and pollution concerns, and discusses innovative applications of minerals in animal feeds that will help to maintain performance and health within stricter guidelines. Finally, it also covers the role of minerals in various aspects of growth, health and nutrition.

Setting the NRC standards for minerals - were we right? Trace minerals: what the textbooks don't tell you Feeding the sow and piglet to achieve maximum antioxidant and immunity protection. Piglet diets: can we do without zinc oxide and copper sulphate? The role of organic minerals in modern pig production. Trace mineral requirements of poultry - validity of the NRC recommendations. Minerals, disease and immune function. Lessons in human mineral nutrition: what can we learn? Minerals and antioxidants. Novel approaches to improving poultry meat production: do organic minerals have a role? Eggs to chicks: optimising hen performance. The role of peptides in absorption pathways. Fertility: why it is declining and the role of trace minerals to reverse this trend. Mastitis in the modern dairy cow and the role of nutrition and management. Organic selenium for supplementation of farm animal diets: it's influence on the selenium status of the animals and on the dietary selenium intake of man. Dairy farming in the EU: is there a future? Index .