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122 Summer 2008 Minerals are not one of those things where if a little is good, more is better. Blood mineral levels are used by many veterinarians in an at-tempt to measure alpaca mineral requirement. This is logical since blood is a diagnostic tool. How-ever, there is no correlation be-tween blood mineral levels and mineral requirement. Nutrient requirements can only be de-termined through extensive re-search involving large numbers of animals, including control groups. Blood mineral levels are only used by Ruminant Nutrition -ists when researching different mineral sources. According to the Merck Veterinary Manual, all domestic animals, including pets and livestock , have the same nor-mal range for Minerals . A com-prehensive blood Nutrition panel may indicate potential mineral interaction if one value is either abnormally high or low.
Blood mineral levels are used by many veterinarians in an at-tempt to measure alpaca mineral ... and livestock, have the same nor-mal range for minerals. A com- ... Alpaca Mineral Nutrition By Lark L. Burnham, PhD, Ruminant Nutrition.
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