ANN 111: Principles of Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology (2+1)

Dietary sources of minerals

DIETARY SOURCE OF MINERALS

• Farm animals derive most of the mineral nutrients from:
• Concentrate feed and forages that they consume.
• Mineral supplements such as bone meal mineral mixture, common salt, calcite, shell grit etc.,
• Drinking water – minor source
• Soil contamination of herbage source for grazing animals.