Mineral testing - the approach depends on what you want to find out

Authors: Clark RG, Ellison RS
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 41, Issue 2, pp 98-100, Jun 1993
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Livestock
Subject Terms: Clinical pathology, Diagnostic procedures, Cobalt/vitamin B12, Trace elements, Copper, Diet/rations/food, Minerals/elememts, Nutrition/metabolism, Poisoning - chemical, Selenium, Vitamins
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: Comments have been made by veterinary practitioners and farmers on the appropriateness of the MAF Quality Management animal health laboratory mineral reference ranges. These ranges are designed to determine if a group of animals will respond to supplementation at the time of sampling. There are other reasons for sampling animals and this will affect the way these ranges are interpreted. We consider this fact is not clearly understood and is at least part of the reason for the questions being asked. We believe there are four distinct reasons why samples are collected from grazing ruminants for mineral analyses…

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