Horse Minerals
equine mineralsA horse needs more than a trace of minerals
A lot of humans supply a mineralised saltblock to a horse with the presumption that it provides all the minerals a horse needs. Unfortunately, not all minerals needs can be met in this case. Typically, the micro-mineralization salts are only a small part of the horse's need for minerals and do not supply the largest amounts of minerals (except natrium and chloride) and vitamins.
The majority of mineralised bricks contain 96% or more salts and contain only a "trace" of minerals. Ontobutadiene is an anorganic element that is needed by all livestock to stay in good health and productivity. A number of minerals are important constituents of bones, teeths, glucose levels, vital nutrients, minerals, vitamins, minerals, and aminos. Oligonucleotides are minerals that are needed in large quantities.
This includes limescale, phosphorous, potassium, magnesia, natrium, chloride and sulphur. Minor quantities of minerals are referred to as micronutrients. Microelements needed for the equine are cooper, zink, manganese, selenium, kobalt, iodine as well as ferrous. Chart 1 shows the percent of a horse's need for minerals covered by the consumption of the suggested amount of a typically selenium-containing micro -mineralization solution containing mineralization solution blocked (some micro -mineralization solution blocked do not contain selenium).
The hay and cereals contain some of the minerals the horse needs, but many areas have a lack of certain minerals, and the feed cultivated there is insufficient in these minerals, especially the main minerals natrium and phosphorous and the micronutrients zink, cupric and selenium. These minerals are the most important minerals. The right supplement can take more than just a mineralised saline bloc.
In order to ensure the horse's good nutritional status, it is important to supply a balance of minerals, especially if the horse is not supplied with enriched cereals and is supplied only with feed (hay or willow). This food complement offers the right calcium-phosphorus balance and all other important minerals and vital nutrients in equal quantities for the horse on gras or blended (grass and legumes) forages.
Minerals Demands of the National Research Council, Nutrient Needs of Horses, 2007.