{"id":80,"date":"2019-06-24T07:58:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T07:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unovetchem.com\/blog\/?p=80"},"modified":"2019-06-24T07:58:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T07:58:45","slug":"importance-of-trace-minerals-in-animal-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unovetchem.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/24\/importance-of-trace-minerals-in-animal-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"Importance of Trace Minerals in Animal Diet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Trace Minerals provide\nthe basic nutrients required for several metabolic functions including\nimmune response, reproduction and growth.\nTrace minerals perform as cofactors of enzymes which are essential to the\nimmunity of animals. While trace minerals are required in very small\nquantities, usually less than 100 mg\/ kg dry matter, their deficiency can have\nmajor adverse effects on animals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The seven primary trace elements are Copper, Iron, Zinc, Cobalt, Iodine, Manganese and Selenium. The inorganic sources for the aforementioned trace Minerals are usually Sulphates or Oxide such as Zinc Sulphate or Zinc Oxide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Mineral<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Source of Mineral<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Role of Mineral<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Zinc<\/td><td>Inorganic Source:<br>Zinc Sulphate<br>Zinc Oxide<\/td><td>&#8211; Reproduction<br>&#8211; Vitamin A Utilization<br>&#8211; Immune System<br>&#8211; Protein Synthesis<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Copper<\/td><td>Inorganic Source:<br>Copper Sulphate<\/td><td>&#8211; Aid Enzyme <br>&#8211; Red Blood Cell <br>Maturation<br>&#8211; Reproduction<br>&#8211; Collagen Synthesis <br>and Maintenance <br>&#8211; Immune Response<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Manganese<\/td><td>Inorganic Source:<br>Manganese Sulphate<\/td><td>&#8211; Bone and Cartilage <br>synthesis<br>&#8211; Cofactors of Enzyme<br>Systems<br>&#8211; Reproduction <br>-Immune Response<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Iron<\/td><td>Inorganic Source:<br>Ferrous Sulphate<\/td><td>&#8211; Oxygen Transport in<br>hemoglobin<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cobalt<\/td><td>Inorganic Source:<br>Cobalt Sulphate<\/td><td>&#8211; Aid in Synthesis of Vitamin<br>B12 with the Bacteria <br>found in the Gut<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Iodine<\/td><td>Inorganic Source:<br>Potassium Iodide<br>Potassium Iodate<\/td><td>&#8211; Thyroid Hormone <br>Synthesis<br>&#8211; Thermoregulation<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Selenium <\/td><td>Inorganic Source:<br>Sodium Selenite<\/td><td>&#8211; Thyroid hormone<br> metabolism<br>&#8211; Immune Response<br>&#8211; Reproduction<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UNO Vetchem manufactures a wide range of inorganic trace Minerals such as Zinc Sulfate, Cobalt Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate and Potassium Iodide. We are extensively exporting these aforementioned trace minerals to over 15 countries. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trace Minerals provide the basic nutrients required for several metabolic functions including immune response, reproduction and growth. Trace minerals perform as cofactors of enzymes which are essential to the immunity of animals. While trace minerals are required in very small quantities, usually less than 100 mg\/ kg dry matter, their deficiency can have major adverse [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unovetchem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unovetchem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unovetchem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unovetchem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unovetchem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unovetchem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82,"href":"https:\/\/unovetchem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unovetchem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unovetchem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unovetchem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}