ANFS251 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Myoglobin, Iodine, Hemoglobin
12 Mar 2019
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Minerals are inorganic compounds in the diet. Cannot be decomposed or synthesized by any chemical reactions. Classified based on the concentrations found in an animal"s body. Largest amounts of minerals occur in the skeleton and provide its structural rigidity. Ca, p, mg are major minerals in skeleton. Ca and p are about 75% of minerals in an animal"s body. Most minerals are involved in complex biochemical reactions: Iron - essential constituent of hemoglobin and myoglobin. Cobalt - structural component of vitamin b12. Other minerals such as ca, k, mg, and na are involved in the activity of the nervous system. Na, k, cl are involved in the regulation of osmotic pressure and ph in an animal"s body fluids. Essential macrominerals most commonly deficient or imbalanced in livestock ration are. Clinical signs and symptoms vary between species. Deficiency of ca and p or vitamin d, or an imbalance of ca and p, can result in rickets in young animals.
