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

FUNCTIONS 

• High concentrations of zinc is present in the skin, hair and wool of animals.
• Several enzymes in the animal body are known to contain zinc; these include carbonic anhydrase, pancreatic carboxypeptidase, lactate dehydrogenase, alcohol dehydrogenase, alkaline phosphatase and thymidine kinase.
• In addition zinc is an activator of several enzyme systems