The Contribution of Dietary Magnesium in Farm Animals and Human Nutrition

Magnesium (Mg) is a mineral that plays an essential role as cofactor of more than 300 enzymes. Mg in farm animals’ and human nutrition recommended to avoid deficiency, ensure adequate growth health maintenance. supplementation above the estimated minimum requirements best practice improve performances (fertility yield) food products’ quality, since performance animals has grown recent decades. pigs increases meat quality sows’ fertility; poultry, it helps deficiency-related conditions egg production by laying hens; dairy cows, serves grass tetany milk fever, two related hypomagnesaemia, support their growth. Thus, prevents deficiency animals, ensuring content animal-source food. These latter are excellent sources diets. Sub-optimal intake humans several implications bone development, muscle function, This review summarizes main knowledge about nutrition.