Feed Nutrients

Sources of Water Soluble Vitamins

• Vitamin C is found in green pastures and also farm animals can produce enough vitamin C in their body
• Vitamin B complex sources- green pastures, cereal grains, hay, milk, fish solubles, and animal proteins

Minerals

• Needed in small amounts
• Contain NO Carbon (if the feed was burned the ash left would be minerals)
• Provide material for growth of bones, teeth, tissue, regulate chemical processes, aid in muscular activities, and release energy for body heat
• Two types - Major and Trace Minerals

Major Minerals

• Needed in large amounts
• Salt, calcium, and phosphorus

Trace Minerals

• Needed in small amounts
• Potassium, sulfur, magnesium, iron, iodine, copper, cobalt, zinc, manganese, boron, molybdenum, fluorine, and selenium
• Most trace minerals are in the feed

Water

• Makes up the most of the living organism (40%-80%)
• Helps dissolve nutrients, controls body temperature of the animals body.
• Water in the blood acts as a carrier of nutrients and is necessary for chemical reactions
• Animals can live longer without food than water

Review Objectives

• Identify sources of nutrients and classes of feeds related to the ruminant and non-ruminant animals
• Describe sources of nutrients and classes of feeds related to the ruminant and non-ruminant animals