Artigo

Equívocos arraigados no meio pecuário sobre deficiências e suplementação minerais em bovinos no Brasil

The economic importance of mineral deficiencies in cattle and their supplementation for animal health and production is well established. But in spite of the existing knowledge and conscience of professionals on this subject in Brazil, there are numerous erroneous interpretations and superstitions o...

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Autor principal: MALAFAIA, Pedro Antônio Muniz
Outros Autores: COSTA, Rogerio Magnoli, BRITO, Marilene de Farias, PEIXOTO, Paulo Fernando de Vargas, BARBOSA NETO, José Diomedes, TOKARNIA, Carlos Maria Antônio Hubinger, DÖBEREINER, Jürgen
Grau: Artigo
Idioma: por
Publicado em: 2015
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Acesso em linha: http://repositorio.ufpa.br/jspui/handle/2011/7040
Resumo:
The economic importance of mineral deficiencies in cattle and their supplementation for animal health and production is well established. But in spite of the existing knowledge and conscience of professionals on this subject in Brazil, there are numerous erroneous interpretations and superstitions on mineral supplementation for cattle, together with indiscriminate commercialization of mineral mixtures; the latter, thoroughly accepted and applied in the rural area, causes considerable economic losses to the cattle industry. In this article of general interest we discuss, one by one, the most important misunderstandings and superstitions regarding this subject.