Vitamins and minerals: Essential for ruminants

Vitamins, minerals and trace elements are dynamic nutrients which are usually added in all ruminants’ complementary feed rations. But purity and bioavailability plays a key role in their effectiveness. The supplementation of dairy, sheep and goat diets with vitamins, minerals and trace elements (in the form of a premix) is key as they have a positive effects on maintenance, growth, health and milk production. However, it is very easy to make nutritional mistakes when it comes to the use of su