Livestock Studies 2011, Vol 51, Num, 1     (Pages: 031-040)

The Importance of Organic Trace Minerals in Ruminant Feeding

Mustafa BOĞA 1 ,Gökhan FİLİK 2

1 Niğde Üniversitesi Bor Meslek Yüksek Okulu Bor/NİĞDE
2 Çukurova Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Zootekni Bölümü ADANA
- Organisms need trace minerals to be conducted their life functions and produced optimum efficiency. Trace minerals not only have inorganic structure also they have in organic structure, which given farm animals include premix in inorganic structure melting form as chloride or sulphate, and non melting form as oxide or carbonate. Trace minerals mixing in these form scan begin antagonistic effects inside premix and so their digestibility decreases importantly. In recent years, by using high technology, the trace minerals have been started to produce as forms of capsule or chelate, these forms inside premix have been saved from antagonistic effects and happened very high digestibility forms. Higher bioavailability of organic minerals are said to have positive effect on growing, improvement immunity functions, amendment of metabolism, carcass quality and prevent losing vitamins in vitamins-mineral complex. It is well known that trace minerals has also environment problems due to the representatives of environment protectors: by support the feeds with Cr, Cu, Mn, Se, and Zn causes these minerals increase in faces prevent using higher organic complexes may be a potential option. The aim of the review was to discuss the effect of organic trace mineral supplementation on animal performance, prevention of metabolic disorder in animal and reduction of enviromental pollution. Keywords : Ruminant, Organic trace mineral, Chelate, Premix