ANN 121: Applied Animal Nutrition-I (2+1)

ICAR MINERAL MIXTURE COMPOSITION

• The Indian Council of Agricultural Research has recommended the following mineral mixture containing sodium chloride which can be mixed at 3 % level in the compounded feeds.

Mineral mixture composition as per ICAR, 1998

Ingredients	Per cent
Di-calcium phosphate	55.0
Sodium Chloride	30.0
Calcium carbonate	11.0
Magnesium carbonate	3.0
Ferrous sulphate	3.0
Copper sulphate	0.5
Manganese di-oxide	0.08
Cobalt chloride	0.06
Potassium iodide	0.01
Zinc sulphate	0.26
Total percent	100