INGESTED SOIL AND ANIMAL NUTRITION

INGESTEnD SOIL AND ANIMAL NUTRITION

SOILS are usually considered to influence animal nutrition through the quantity and quality of the herbage they produce, so that the sequence is soil-plant-animal. The fact that soil is ingested by grazing animals indicates that a direct soil-animal effect also needs to be considered. Soil is taken in by animals along with herbage, as soil adhering to leaves, as soil on roots, and as earthworm ...

Cheated Minerals in Animal Nutrition

Chelating is the chemical process by which a mineral (iron, cobalt, copper, zinc, and manganese) is combined with a mixture of amino acids and peptides. The resulting substances are known as chelates. Another descriptive term, proteinates, refers to the amino acid bond. These chelated minerals are thought to be more digestible than nonchelated forms. In other words, chelation makes the minerals...

Cheated Minerals in Animal Nutrition

Chelating is the chemical process by which a mineral (iron, cobalt, copper, zinc, and manganese) is combined with a mixture of amino acids and peptides. The resulting substances are known as chelates. Another descriptive term, proteinates, refers to the amino acid bond. These chelated minerals are thought to be more digestible than nonchelated forms. In other words, chelation makes the minerals...

Biotechnology and Animal Nutrition

To fulfill increased world food demand and to overcome the consequences related to natural and industrial changes, scientists have been trying to select and improve both feedstuff and livestock, genetically. Biotechnology, also involving chemical and physical techniques, is applied to nutrition to increase the abundance (availability) of feed and to improve the digestibility of nutrients in tho...

Soil and Nutrition