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Mineral and vitamin requirement of dairy cattle, guidelines for use of different minerals and vitamins in dairy cattle nutrition

Level 2 - Lead Farmers

Introduction

1. You will learn about...

2. Background

3. Minerals

4. Mineral bioavailability

5. Mineral analysis

6. Calcium (Ca)

7. Phosphorus (P)

8. Calcium (Ca) and Phosphorus (P) propotion

9. Magnesium (Mg)

10. Potassium (K)

11. Sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl)

12. Sulfur (S)

13. Guidelines for feeding macro minerals

14. Factors affecting mineral consumption

15. Vitamins

16. Types of vitamins

17. Fat soluble vitamins

18. Water soluble vitamins

19. Vitamin A

20. Vitamin D

21. Vitamin E