Years ago, it was thought that protein, fat, and carbohydrate were the only essential nutrients, but later it was found that the minerals accompanying common feedstuffs were also necessary; in fact, even better growth and egg production could be obtained by supplying additional amounts. Until the beginning of the present century.
Now however all commercial balanced rations contain a considerable amounts of mineral additional supplement with liquid mineral is some times essential to maintain high production of eggs and preserve healthy skeleton of commercial breeding animal and poultry.
TYPES OF MINERAL FOR POULTRY
minerals required by poultry are two major groups
macrominerals wich are needed in relatively high levels in poultry feeds like calcium and phosphorus
microminerals wich is essential but needed in very low levels like ( cupper manganese and iron etc )
CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS
These two macrominerals are essential for the development of the bone skeleton and the formation of the shell.
There are other important functions to name such as the intervention of Ca in blood coagulation processes, muscle contraction (skeletal, cardiac and smooth), regulation of heart rate, transmission of nerve impulses and neuromuscular excitability, catalyst of enzymes, secretion of hormones and factors hormone releasers.
Phosphorus, for its part, participates in metabolic reactions related to energy transfer, muscle growth, a component of nucleic acids and phospholipids, activator of enzyme complexes, maintenance of osmotic and acid-base balance, protein synthesis and forming part of the structure of the ATP.
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