Transcription of 1. Introduction Table 1.1: Recommended minimum element ...
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(1) element supplementation of grazing animalsand pastures has produced spectacularimprovements in the productivity of sheep, beef anddairy enterprises in Victoria. This fact is widelyknown to farmers, and interest in the use of traceelements is further stimulated by suppliers of a widerange of trace element remedies, licks, mineraladditions and there is a tendency among farmers andothers to assume that if pastures or livestock are notthriving, then the cause must be trace mineraldeficiency. Such an assumption can be quitemisleading. Compared with other soil fertilityproblems, drought, underfeeding and parasitism,trace element deficiencies are not the major causeof unsatisfactory productivity of pastures andgrazing animals in southern is essential that pasture or animal problems beinvestigated by professional advisers skilled in themineral requirements of pastures and li
assessing the mineral nutrition of grazing animals. Neither the actual amounts ingested, nor the availability of the minerals in the diet, can be ... Underwood, E.J. (1981) "The Mineral Nutrition of Livestock", 2nd Edn. Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Farnham Royal, Slough, England.
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