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Fat Soluble Vitamins
Vitamin A
Need: Disease resistance, bone development, reproductive function
Note: Stored in liver, essential for life, excess may reduce effectiveness of Vitamin E
Vitamin D
Need: Bone development
Note: Stored in liver, interacts with Calcium and Phosphorus
Vitamin E
Need: Prevent cell degradation
Note: Stored in liver, effective antioxidant
Vitamin K
Need: Blood clotting
Note: Helps healing process
Water Soluble Vitamins
Vitamin B1 Thiamin
Need: Maintain appetite, reproductive function
Note: Involved in energy metabolism
Vitamin B2 Riboflavin
Need: Leg strength, healthy skin, growth, reproduction
Note: Required for high growth and good reproduction levels
Vitamin B6 Pyridoxine
Need: Prevent anemia, maintain appetite
Note: Involved in protein metabolism
Vitamin B12 Cyanocobalmin
Need: Leg coordination, growth
Note: Essential growth factor
Biotin
Need: Strong legs, good hoofs, healthy skin, reproductive function
Note: Essential for good skin and hoof formation and energy utilization
C Ascorbic Acid
Need: Healthy skin, good bones
Note: Helps maintain cell structure through antioxidant properties
Choline
Need: Coordination of movement
Note: Maintains cell structure and nerve impulses to muscles
Folic Acid
Need: Prevent anemia, growth, reproductive function
Note: Improves ovulation and litter size
Niacin
Need: Healthy skin, growth
Note: High level needed in corn diets
Pantothenic Acid
Need: Gastrointestinal function, growth
Note: Important to nutrient utilization
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Major Minerals
Calcium
Need: Bone development, blood clotting
Note: Vital for bone formation, milk production and muscular contractions
Chlorine
Need: Growth, reduce mortality
Note: Regulates blood pH and enzyme activity
Magnesium
Need: Prevent irritability, maintain body equilibrium
Note: Interactive with calcium and phosphorus in bone formation and many enzyme functions
Phosphorus
Need: Bone strength, prevent rickets, growth
Note: Involved with calcium and Vitamin D utilization. High levels can depress calcium activity
Potassium
Need: Kidney and muscular function
Note: Essential for electrolyte balance and neuromuscular function
Sodium
Need: Muscle function
Note: Maintains acid/base and body fluid balance. Essential for amino acid utilization
Trace Minerals
Cobalt
Need: Prevent anemia
Note: Involved with Vitamin B12
Copper
Need: Normal bones and blood
Note: Used in bone and blood formation and can be used as a growth promotant
Iodine
Need: Reproduction, growth
Note: Effects thyroid function and animal activity
Iron
Need: Prevent anemia, maintain growth
Note: Needed for hemoglobin formation and oxygen carrying in blood
Manganese
Need: Skeletal strength, blood clotting, reproduction
Note: Important in carbohydrate, protein and lipid metabolism
Selenium
Need: Prevent cell degradation
Note: Involved with Vitamin E as an antioxidant
Zinc
Need: Skin, bone development, growth
Note: Essential for proper immune function. Activity depressed by high calcium levels
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