What happens when cattle lack trace elements


Release time:

2019-12-16

In the process of growth and development, cattle and sheep need a certain amount of minerals and trace elements. If trace elements are missing, corresponding metabolic diseases will occur, such as rickets, pica and so on. When the lack of trace elements in the soil, the content of feed and grass will also be lacking, cattle and sheep often eat such forage feed, will suffer from trace element deficiency

Cattle and sheep in the process of growth and developmentrequires a certain amount of minerals and trace elements,If the lack of trace elements will occur corresponding metabolic diseases,Such as rickets, pica and so on. When trace elements in the soil are missing,The content in feed and grass will also be lacking.,Cattle and sheep often eat such forage feed,You'll suffer from trace element deficiency. So...,Deficiency of trace elements in livestock is also endemic. When the lack of trace elements is manifested,Licking foreign bodies, gradual weight loss, growth and development retardation, reproductive dysfunction, decline in physical disease resistance of cattle and sheep, decline in feed utilization rate, and increase in the proportion of feed and meat.,Several trace element deficiencies are manifested as follows:Cattle and sheep licking brick

(1) Salt deficiency, decreased appetite, poor digestion and absorption, eating alkaline earth, slow weight gain, generally accounting for daily feeding0.5~1%Overdose will be poisoned.

(2)calcium phosphorusLack, maternal postpartum paralysis, spasm, ecstosis, mutual lick hair, indigestion, emaciation, growth stagnation, not estrus, not pregnant, rickets, fistula. General requirements for feed calcium and phosphorus ratio is2:1.1.

(3) Potassium deficiency, diarrhea and severe diarrhea.

(4) Magnesium deficiency, neuromuscular excitatory spasm, constipation.

(5) Sulfur deficiency, hair loss, tears, salivation and vision loss.

(6) Iron deficiency, anemia.

(7) Copper deficiency, hard and upright hair, slow growth, anemia accompanied by iron deficiency.

(8) Iodine deficiency, thyroid hypertrophy, dwarfism.

(9) cobalt deficiency, anaemia, weakness, emaciation, lack of god, dull hair, lamb growth stagnation, loss of fecundity, and even death.

(10) Manganese deficiency: late sexual maturity, abnormal sexual cycle, absorption of female embryos, weak lamb production, joint pain in adult sheep, sarcoma in tibial joint, osteoporosis and brittleness of lamb.

(11) Zinc deficiency, keratinization of skin and oral mucosa, dysphagia, testicular atrophy.

(12) Selenium deficiency, white myopathy, infertility.