Farm And Laboratory Assessment Of Mineral Availability In Ruminants

摘要

Assessment of mineral status or availability cannot be split into separate sections -farm and laboratory - as both are intrinsically linked. Farm information is required to help determine which lab tests are required to investigate which problems thestock are experiencing, then lab information will need to be interpreted with reference to the farm situation.The approach to assessing mineral status at farm level is very much a team approach, by working in a TEAM, together everyone achieves more! The team for assessment of mineral status should include the farmer/farm manager, the farm's veterinarian, the farm's nutritional consultant and / or commercial feed advisor. It may also include sales people and an accountancy/business consultant.