Strategies and challenges to increase the precision in feeding zinc to monogastric livestock

Practical diets for monogastric livestock must be supplemented with zinc (Zn) due to their high contents of antagonistic substances like phytates. Current feeding recommendations include quite generous safety margins because of uncertainties regarding the gross Zn requirements under varying rearing...

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Main Authors: Daniel Brugger, Wilhelm M. Windisch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2017-06-01
Series:Animal Nutrition
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240565451730015X