Animal Nutrition: Mineral salts.

Mineral salts:- these are foods rich in mineral salts- onions, green vegetables, liver, egg, etc. Generally they contain and help in healthy growth and bone formation and blood clotting.


Examples of mineral salts:

1. Calcium -
Sources: milk, cheese,egg,fish,

Function: Bone formation, blood clotting, normal functioning of the heart.


Deficiency: Rickets, tooth decay



2. Phosphorus:
Sources: milk, egg, fish, wheat.

Function: strong development of teeth and bones.


Deficiency: Ricket, tooth decay.


3. Magnesium:

Sources: Milk, meat, green vegetables.

Function: for muscle contraction, needed for utilization of iron, present in teeth and bones.

Deficiency: Nervous disorder.
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