for animal nutrition and health with a focus on pasture raised beef and dairy cattle, strengthens DSM s position in nutritional supplements and additives for ruminants and our presence in Brazil, one of the leading ruminant markets in the world.
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Called also lick. mineral supplements. minerals added to the diet of animals to prevent or correct a nutritional deficiency. trace mineral. see trace element.
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He tarries not for such an obstacle, but, rending it asunder a thousand feet from peak to base, discloses its treasures of hidden minerals, its sunless waters, all the secrets of the mountain's inmost heart, with a mighty fracture of rugged precipices on each side.
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The Body-Minerals defined. Dietary minerals are chemical elements required by living organisms. They can be either bulk minerals (required in relatively large amounts) or trace minerals (required only in very small amounts). Appropriate intake levels of each dietary mineral must be sustained to maintain physical health. Excessive intake of a dietary mineral may either lead to illness directly or indirectly because of the competitive nature between mineral levels in the body.
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Any of a group of metal ions present in minimal (milligram or microgram) amounts in biological systems, which are required for their optimal activity.
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Trace mineral enzyme cofactors play critical roles in the organisation of molecules, membranes and mitochondria, and include chromium, cobalt, copper, fluorine, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, silicon, vanadium and zinc.
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min·er·al. n. 1. A naturally occurring, homogeneous inorganic solid substance having a definite chemical composition and characteristic crystalline structure, color, and hardness. 2. Any of various natural substances, as: a. An element, such as gold or silver.
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3. A substance that is neither animal nor vegetable; inorganic matter. 4. An inorganic element, such as calcium, iron, potassium, sodium, or zinc, that is essential to the nutrition of humans, animals, and plants. 5.
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mineral-salt mixtures. mixtures of stock grade salt, with sterilized bonemeal, copper, cobalt, iodine and other trace minerals where required, in granular form or in a hard cake for licking. Set out in barns or at pasture for ad lib access by cattle, sheep, goats. Called also lick.
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For example, large doses of zinc are not really harmful unto themselves, but will lead to a harmful copper deficiency (unless compensated for, as in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study). Soils in different geographic areas contain varying quantities of minerals.
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define minerals
A mineral is a naturally occurring, homogeneous inorganic solid substance having a definite chemical composition and characteristic crystalline structure, color, and hardness.