Veterinary Clinical Medicine-II

MINERAL STATUS

• P: Tend to fall following long term insufficient dietary intake, hyperphosphatemia occur while grazing on higher fertilized pasture.
• Ca: Vary within narrow limits. Abnormally low levels in late pregnancy indicate a dangerous situation.
• Mg: Deprivation of feed and fall in environmental temperature produces clinical hypomagnesaemia. Supplementation of Mg salt is protective.
• Na, K, Cu & selenium: Assessed by sampling pregnant animals receiving no supplemental concentrates

Physiological

• Season, milk yield & stage of lactation produce significant fluctuations.