Bridgemoof
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Ran into this helpful info and thought I would post it here in case somebody is doing a search on the forum.
Signs of Mineral Deficiency
Salt - decreased feed consumption and water intake.
Calcium - abnormal bone development, tetany, urinary calculi.
Phosphorus- abnormal bone development (rickets), slow growth,
depraved appetite, unthrifty appearance, listlessness.
Magnesium - tetany, frothing at mouth, profuse salivation.
Potassium - decreased feed intake, reduced gains, listlessness,
stiffness.
Sulfur - loss of appetite, reduced gains, reduced wool growth,
shedding wool.
Cobalt - lack of appetite, severe emaciation, decreased estrous
activity.
Copper - "swayback" in lambs, "steely or "stringy" wool in adults.
Iodine - thyroid enlargement (big neck), lambs born without wool.
Iron - poor growth, lethargy, anemia, increased respiration rate.
Manganese - impaired growth, skeletal abnormalities, incoordination
of baby lambs.
Selenium - "white muscle disease", unthriftiness, early embryonic
death.
Zinc - decreased appetite, retarded growth, "parakeratosis",
reduced reproductive ability.
Signs of Vitamin Deficiency
Vitamin A - growth retardation, retained placenta, bone malformation,
degeneration of the reproductive organs, night blindness.
Vitamin D - rickets in young lambs, osteomalacia in adult sheep.
Vitamin E - "white muscle disease", stiffness, arched back.
Vitamin B1- polioencephalomala (Thiamine)
Signs of Mineral Deficiency
Salt - decreased feed consumption and water intake.
Calcium - abnormal bone development, tetany, urinary calculi.
Phosphorus- abnormal bone development (rickets), slow growth,
depraved appetite, unthrifty appearance, listlessness.
Magnesium - tetany, frothing at mouth, profuse salivation.
Potassium - decreased feed intake, reduced gains, listlessness,
stiffness.
Sulfur - loss of appetite, reduced gains, reduced wool growth,
shedding wool.
Cobalt - lack of appetite, severe emaciation, decreased estrous
activity.
Copper - "swayback" in lambs, "steely or "stringy" wool in adults.
Iodine - thyroid enlargement (big neck), lambs born without wool.
Iron - poor growth, lethargy, anemia, increased respiration rate.
Manganese - impaired growth, skeletal abnormalities, incoordination
of baby lambs.
Selenium - "white muscle disease", unthriftiness, early embryonic
death.
Zinc - decreased appetite, retarded growth, "parakeratosis",
reduced reproductive ability.
Signs of Vitamin Deficiency
Vitamin A - growth retardation, retained placenta, bone malformation,
degeneration of the reproductive organs, night blindness.
Vitamin D - rickets in young lambs, osteomalacia in adult sheep.
Vitamin E - "white muscle disease", stiffness, arched back.
Vitamin B1- polioencephalomala (Thiamine)
