Vitamins & minerals for beef and sheep farmers

Providing livestock with feed which contains the required nutrients will help ensure for healthy stock.

The tables below provide information on the vitamins and minerals which herds and flocks need to thrive.

These minerals are needed in relatively large quantities.  The macro minerals tables contain information on -

• The need for calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, sodium, chloride and sulphur to be provided in the diet
• Sources of the minerals
• Clinical deficiency symptoms in livestock

These minerals are needed in relatively small amounts.  The micro minerals tables contain information on - 

• The need to provide iron, copper, zink, manganese, cobalt, iron, selenium and molybdenum in the diet
• Aluminium, lead and arsenic which are not required for healthy livestock development; lead and arsenic toxicity can lead to death