Magnesium phosphate as a dietary supplement for lactating cows at spring pasture
- 31 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Agricultural Science
- Vol. 88 (1) , 71-73
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021859600033785
Abstract
SUMMARY: A total of 76 cows in seven, trials over a 3-year period were given a supplement of 53 g magnesiiun phosphate (supplying 11 g Mg and 10 g P/day) in 1 kg of concentrate for 21 days after starting to graze spring pasture. In contrast with 79 comparable cows given no supplement, there were significant improvements in the concentrations of magnesium and phosphorus in the blood of the cows, and significant reductions in the incidence of individual cows with low values.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Magnesium phosphates as dietary supplements for growing sheepThe Journal of Agricultural Science, 1973