Better Farming Series 08 - Animal Husbandry: Feeding and Care of Animals (FAO - INADES, 1976, 38 p.): Feeding animals: What is a mineral supplement?

Better Farming Series 08 - Animal Husbandry: Feeding and Care of Animals (FAO - INADES, 1976, 38 p.)

Feeding animals

		Why animals must be well fed
		How food is used in the animal's body
		Not all animals digest food in the same way
		How to choose animals' food
		Foods that give nitrogen must be chosen
		Values of certain foods
		What is a mineral supplement?
		Vitamins
		Giving the animals water to drink
		Food needs of animals
		How to feed animals

A mineral supplement gives mineral salts.

Animals as well as plants need mineral salts.

If an animal lacks mineral salts. its bones do not grow well.

You can give mineral salts by putting salt in the drinking water or in the hay, or by giving native soda or a salt lick (licking stone).

In a 1- kg licking stone there are: 400 grammes of salt, 150 grammes of calcium,

80 grammes of phosphorus, and other salts.