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ANS 3440 Macrominerals
Macro minerals in the livestock industry
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Agriculture
Undergraduate 3
04/15/2014

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Term
What are some examples of a macro mineral?
Definition
Na, Ca, K, P, Cl, Mg, S
Term
What are some examples of a micro mineral?
Definition
Zn, Mn, Fe, Pb, Mo, Ni, V, Se
Term
What have a negative energy charge and examples are Cl-, I-, PO4-3?
Definition
Anions
Term
What have a positive energy charge and examples are Ca, Mg, K, Na, Fe, Mn, Zn?
Definition
Cations
Term
In the pre 1900s what were not considered essential for livestock nutrition?
Definition
Minerals
Term
Minerals are present in all what of living things?
Definition
Healthy tissues
Term
What can be cured by adding deficient minerals?
Definition
Abnormality/diseases
Term
Minerals can be tested using what 2 things?
Definition
Deficient diets and Depleted diets
Term
Deficient diet is difficult since small amounts of minerals are required and difficult to exclude contributions from what?
Definition
Processing equipment, Air, Water, Cages, Skin, Hair, Clothes
Term
Prosthetic mineral groups in chelated form for what?
Definition
Protein/enzymes
Term
What are 3 functions of minerals?
Definition
Osmosis, Structural, and Electrolytes or acid/base
Term
What id critical for preventing milk fever and metabolism of energy, amino acids, Ca and vitamin D?
Definition
Electrolytes
Term
What acidifies the ration and facilitates vitamin D receptors which improve the efficiency of Ca absorption from the gut?
Definition
Anionic Salts
Term
What mineral serves as the major structural element in animals?
Definition
Calcium Phosphorus
Term
What is the most abundant mineral in the body?
Definition
Ca
Term
What % of Ca is in bones and teeth?
Definition
99%
Term
What % of Ca is in soft tissue?
Definition
1%
Term
What % of P is in the bones and teeth?
Definition
80%
Term
What % of P is in DNA, RNA, ATP,Phospho lipids, and overall metabolism in the body?
Definition
20%
Term
What serves as the major reservoir for Ca and P and both can be mobilized when needed?
Definition
Bone
Term
Absorption of Calcium phosphorus occurs in the duodenum and depends on what 4 things?
Definition
Source, Ca:P Ratio, pH, and Presence of vitamin D
Term
What in plants make the source of calcium phosphorus not available?
Definition
Phytate
Term
What % is available in animal and inorganic sources?
Definition
100%
Term
Ca:P ratio is important in what 2 things?
Definition
Maintenance and Growing animals
Term
What can never be higher than Ca?
Definition
P
Term
What is the ratio for dairy cows?
Definition
3:1
Term
What is the ratio for laying hens?
Definition
5 to 7:1
Term
Low pH is desirable for optimal what?
Definition
Absorption
Term
What Ca P source has seeds that contain more P than calcium, leaves tend to be high in Ca levels, and phytate makes it unavailable?
Definition
Plant source
Term
What Ca P source has bone contain products, normally more P than Ca and available 100%
Definition
Animal source
Term
What Ca P source contains dicalcium and limestone, availability 100%?
Definition
Inorganic source
Term
Skeleton/teeth, muscle contraction, nerve function, blood clotting, electrolyte or acid base balance and egg shell quality are all function of what mineral?
Definition
Ca
Term
For Ca regulation what are the 3 important agents?
Definition
PTH, Vitamin D, and CT
Term
What Ca regulation increases blood Ca by increasing bone metabolism, increasing resorption from proximal kidney nephrons, and increasing absorption from the GIT?
Definition
Parathyroid Hormone (PTH)
Term
What Ca regulation decreases blood Ca and increases Ca deposit in bones and is analogous to insulin?
Definition
Calcitonin (CT)
Term
What mineral deficiency is similar to vitamin D, poor bone formation, rickets, osteomalacia, soft shell eggs, soft beak and bones and milk fever?
Definition
Ca
Term
High Ca and P requirement for colostrum immediately pre and post partum, inadequate efficiency of absorption from GIT and delay b/w hormonal stimulation and actual Ca release can all cause what?
Definition
Milk Fever
Term
What are some symptoms of milk fever?
Definition
Drop in temp, dilated pupils, dullness, reduced respiration rate
Term
What is the treatment for milk fever?
Definition
Ca gluconate IV
Term
How can milk fever be prevented?
Definition
High Ca diet to low Ca diet 14 days before calving
Term
What mineral has the most functions of any other mineral?
Definition
P
Term
What mineral Deficiency can reduce reproductive performance due to ovarian dysfunction and poor growth, rickets, osteomalacia, stiff joints, muscular weakness and PICA?
Definition
P
Term
What is PICA?
Definition
Depraved appetite (weird eating habits)
Term
Excess P output from livestock can cause what?
Definition
Water pollution
Term
P toxicity is what?
Definition
Unlikely
Term
Nutritional secondary Hyperparathyroidism is possible when what?
Definition
Excess P in relation to Ca
Term
What mineral is the principle cation found in extracellular fluid of animals?
Definition
Na
Term
Sodium makes up what % of all the cations in plasma?
Definition
90%
Term
What is the major reservoir of Na?
Definition
Bone (1/3 stored in bone)
Term
What Na source is low?
Definition
Plant source
Term
What Na source is high?
Definition
Animal source
Term
Sodium deficiency can result form what 3 things?
Definition
Vomiting, Diarreha, and Profuse sweating
Term
Plasma sodium is controlled by what hormone?
Definition
Aldosterone Hormone
Term
Aldosterone Hormone is released and targets the kidney that raises plasma sodium level to prevent what?
Definition
Kidney secretion of Na
Term
Principal extracellular cation, acid base balance and pH regulation, regulation of body fluid volume/osmosis, muscle contractions, and buffering agents are all function of what mineral?
Definition
Na
Term
Toxicity of Na is what?
Definition
Unlikely unless water intake is inadequate
Term
What measures % of blood cells counts vs. plasma?
Definition
Hematocrit
Term
What are some deficiencies of Na?
Definition
Cannibalism in birds, dehydration, high hematocrit, decrease blood pressure, and muscle cramps
Term
What mineral is widely available in plant and animal sources, highly available in grass which makes deficiency rare?
Definition
K (potassium)
Term
What are plant sources of K?
Definition
Green leafy vegetables, bananas, and legumes
Term
What are animal sources of K?
Definition
Meat, eggs, and milk
Term
What is K principal?
Definition
Intracellular cation
Term
Nerve impulse transmission, muscle contractions, activation of numerous intracellular enzymes and buffering agent are functions of what mineral?
Definition
K
Term
What is tetany?
Definition
sustained muscle contractions
Term
Deficiency and toxicity of K are what?
Definition
Unlikely
Term
What is the principal of Cl?
Definition
Anion both intra/extracelluar
Term
What are 2 sources of Cl?
Definition
Salt and Some fruits and vegetables
Term
Maintenance of electrical balance for Na and K, acid base balance, pH regulations, and principal anion in gastric juice (HCL) are all functions of what mineral?
Definition
Cl (Chlorine)
Term
Achlorhydria is what?
Definition
Insufficient HCL
Term
Alkalosis is what?
Definition
inadequate Cl (blood pH increases)
Term
Deficiency and toxicity of Cl are what?
Definition
Unlikely
Term
What is the principal of Mg?
Definition
Intracellular Cation
Term
What is the 3rd most abundant element in the body?
Definition
Mg (Magnesium)
Term
What % of the Mg is found in bone tissue?
Definition
60%
Term
What are sources of Mg?
Definition
Leafy green vegetables, whole grains dairy products, and meat
Term
Most plants are rich in Mg because its chelated to what?
Definition
Chlorophyll
Term
What regulates serum Mg levels and excesses are excreted in the urine?
Definition
Kidney absorption
Term
Mg is the cofactor for the activation of over 300 what?
Definition
Enzymes
Term
Mg cofactor activation of enzymes is necessary for what 3 normal functions?
Definition
Heart, Nerve, and Muscle
Term
What Mg deficiency occurs in ruminants grazing winter pastures and maybe due to acid base?
Definition
Grass Staggers
Term
How is Mg deficiency cured?
Definition
Mg gluconate IV
Term
What 2 thing inhibit Mg absorption?
Definition
N&K and High protein diets
Term
Toxicity of Mg is unlikely unless what has occurred?
Definition
Kidney failure
Term
What is a source of S?
Definition
S containing amino acids/protein
Term
What mineral is important for acid base balance, important for wool formation, and involved in the drug detoxifying pathways of the liver?
Definition
S (Sulfur)
Term
What animal has the highest requirement of S?
Definition
Sheep
Term
S deficiency is unlikely unless what is being fed and what is deficient?
Definition
Feeding ruminants NPN and protein is also deficient
Term
What makes salt blocks red?
Definition
Iron oxide
Term
Toxicity of S is possible when feeding what sulfate to ruminants being fed NPN?
Definition
Inorganic sulfate
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