Common Micronutrient Deficiencies in Breeding Cattle and Sheep Farming and Suggestions for Supplementation
1. Cobalt
Cobalt deficiency in cattle and sheep is actually due to insufficient vitamin B12 synthesis due to cobalt deficiency. Vitamin B12 is required for rumen microbial and body metabolism in ruminants.
The main symptoms are progressive wasting, loss of appetite, anemia, rough coat, and decreased productivity, commonly known as "wasting disease". Lambs and calves showed growth arrest.
Products recommended for Cobalt supplementation
2.Zinc
Zinc deficiency in cattle and sheep results in zinc deficiency
It presents as skin problems with thickening, keratinization, and chapped skin, especially in the nasal, oral, hoof, and periarticular areas. It's called parakeratosis.
Hoof disease, in which the hoof shell is fragile and easily cracked, causing lameness.
Reproductive disorders, testicular dysplasia and spermatogenesis in male animals; Ovarian dysfunction in female animals.
Immunity is diminished and wound healing is slow.
Products recommended for Zinc supplementation
3. Selenium and VE(both synergistic effects, often considered together)
Selenium deficiency and VE in cattle and sheep cause white myopathy, most commonly seen in calves and lambs, which manifests as skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle degeneration, difficulty in standing, stiff gait, and sudden death of the animal.
Se deficiency and VE in cattle and sheep can lead to reproductive disorders, with DAMS showing anestrus, low conception rate, abortion, weak birth, or stillbirth.
Se deficiency and VE in cattle and sheep can lead to loss of fetal coat, which is particularly common in dairy cows.
Selenium deficiency and VE in cattle and sheep can lead to decreased immunity and susceptibility to various infectious diseases.
Products recommended for Selenium and VE supplementation
4.Copper
Copper deficiency in cattle and sheep can lead to anemia, diarrhea, discoloration of the coat (especially in black cattle, where the coat turns rusty red), abnormal bone development, and reduced reproductive performance.
Products recommended for Copper supplementation
5.Iodine
Iodine deficiency in cattle and sheep results in goiter with a markedly thickened neck.
Iodine deficiency in cattle and sheep can cause reproductive problems, with unapparent estrus, abortion, stillbirth, and weak calving/lambing of the mother animals. Male animals have low sexual desire and poor semen quality.
Iodine deficiency in cattle and sheep can cause symptoms in newborn calves/lambs, including weakness, hairlessness or sparse hair, and low survival (due to hypothyroidism).
Iodine deficiency in cattle and sheep can lead to "dwarfism" : severely impaired growth and development.
Products recommended for Iodine supplementation
6.Manganese
Mn deficiency in cattle and sheep can lead to delayed estrus or no estrus, low conception rate, abortion and weak offspring.
Newborn calf/lamb: Deformity of skeletal development, enlarged joints, difficulty standing, stubby bones, and unsteady gait.
Products recommended for Copper supplementation
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