Meat goats need certain minerals to stay healthy, grow normally, reproduce, and have a normal offspring. Minerals by goats may be required in two categories on the basis of amounts in the diet needs to be summarized. Macro minerals are needed in small quantities and trace elements are needed in very small quantities. An article by Dr. Steve Hart, the site of Langston University, calls, seven and eight macro-minerals, trace elements needed by goats. Goat meat producers do not really need to know what these minerals and how much of goats from large food manufacturer needed minerals for goats, cattle and sheep, all of which contain minerals produce necessary to set the values for areas where food supplements are sold recommended (at the levels of certain minerals are required depending on the mineral levels in the soils at the site.) when fed free choice, the goats eat the right amount to meet their mineral needs. These amounts vary depending on available food and feed goats. We prefer loose minerals, because they eat too easy for goats and, if it is fed in a manger less well-developed mineral impurities by the goat manure. Goats like paw blocks of minerals with their feet and their feet are always full of goat manure. Goat manure is contaminated with the larvae of internal parasites and eggs.While good minerals are very expensive per pound, goats, and enough to eat very small quantities. It does not cost much to feed a high phosphorus, loose mineral free choice, cattle and goats. We did this for 45 years with good results. The mineral requirements of cattle and goats are the same, but the cattle minerals are much cheaper than bottled water goat. Do not use sheep from the goats minerals because minerals sheep do not have enough copper for goats. The amount of copper from goats and cattle would require toxic to sheep.
The ratio of calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P) in the diet of a goat is very important. It must consist of two parts calcium to one part phosphorus. It is a Ca-P ratio 2 to 1 Remember, this ratio to the total diet of the goat, not for the mineral supplement. Limestone is the main source of calcium for the Food Factory. Because limestone is cheaper than other food ingredients, and most grains and protein supplements have a ratio below 2 to 1 Ca to P, most processed foods their Ca P ratios matched 2-1 by the addition of lime. And manufactured feeds are neutral Ca ratio P. When a diet consists of goats set processed foods (not a good way to feed the goats), we can use a mineral supplement, with a ratio of 2 to 1, but check the label of the food first, because the power may already have all the minerals, the goats must be added.
Most legumes (alfalfa, white clover, red clover and lespedeza) had 6-1, calcium to phosphorus ratio. Most grasses are 2-1 ratio. Legumes remove nitrogen from the air and add it to the ground. And legumes are rich in protein and are therefore grasses and legumes. It is well fed legumes in pastures and hay, but goats legumes require additional phosphorus mineral. Cattle that are natural grazers are able to tolerate more calcium to phosphorus ratio that goats are natural browsers. Goats will not eat white clover, provided they have the choice between high phosphorus mineral supplement free. We use a large cattle mineral phosphorus, the two per cent of calcium and phosphorus, two percent (a ratio of 1 to 1) We feed the goats are allowed free choice, their own circumstances AC Balance P. How much they eat depends on the type of food they consume.
It is reported that excess phosphorus can ratio of calcium in the diet of goats cause kidney stones (Nierensteine.) sheep and goats in these stones are inserted into the urethra, often resulting in death. Our experience with a selection of free mineral phosphorus supply for 45 years, was that as long as the goats many choices of food quality have a free good, plenty of clean water, and we know not concentrated feed, which is less than eighteen percent of the fiber have our goats any problems with kidney stones.
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