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    Mayank Tandon, R.A. Siddique, Anand Kumar, S.N. Rai and J.P. Sehgal studied the mineral status of soil, feed, and fodder for dairy animals across different agro-climatic zones in India. They found that Indian soil samples are commonly deficient in phosphorus, sulfur, zinc, copper, iron, manganese, boron, and molybdenum. This leads to mineral deficiencies in plants and ultimately dairy animals in the respective regions. Feeds across India generally lack calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, and copper. Specifically, the northern region is deficient in calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, copper,

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    Mayank Tandon, R.A. Siddique, Anand Kumar, S.N. Rai and J.P. Sehgal studied the mineral status of soil, feed, and fodder for dairy animals across different agro-climatic zones in India. They found that Indian soil samples are commonly deficient in phosphorus, sulfur, zinc, copper, iron, manganese, boron, and molybdenum. This leads to mineral deficiencies in plants and ultimately dairy animals in the respective regions. Feeds across India generally lack calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, and copper. Specifically, the northern region is deficient in calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, copper,

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    Mayank Tandon, R.A. Siddique, Anand Kumar, S.N. Rai and J.P. Sehgal. 2008.

    Mineral
    Status of Soil, Feed and Fodder for Dairy Animals in different Agro-Climatic Zones.
    ILDEX (International Livestock and Dairy Expo), 22-24 August, 2008. Pragati
    Maidan, New Delhi. pp: 62

    Mineral Status of Soil, Feed and Fodder for Dairy Animals in different
    Agro-Climatic Zones

    Mayank Tandon, R.A. Siddique, Anand Kumar, S.N. Rai and J.P. Sehgal
    Dairy Science College, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana
    Email: mayanktandon1@gmail.com

    ABSTRACT

    Dairy animal receive a major portion of their mineral requirement from feeds and
    fodder they consume. The concentration of minerals in crops and forages depends on (I)
    genus / species / Varity (II) type of soil (III) climate (IV) stage of maturity (V) Fertilization
    etc. Calcium, Phosphorus, Sodium, Potassium, Chlorine, Magnesium and Sulphur (macro)
    and Iron, Copper, Zinc, Manganese, Cobalt, Iodine, Fluorine, Molybdenum, Chromium,
    Selenium (micro) are contributed to be essential mineral for Dairy animals. Recently
    Arsenic, Nickel, Silicon, Vanadium, Tin, Aluminium, and Rubidium have been added to the
    list, but still further more research is required in the area.
    Due to intensive cultivation and changing agriculture practices in India, there is an
    imbalance emerging for certain minerals in soils, which not only affect the growth of plants
    but also the livestock population, leading to sub optimal performance and some time even
    deficiency (Pica) / excess (Dagnela) diseases. It has been reported that, Indian soil samples
    are deficient in P (42%), S (40%), Zn(47%), Cu(4.8%), Fe(11.5%), Mn(4%), B(20%) and
    Mo(18%) in different regions which in turn lead to the deficiency in plants and finally in
    animal system in their respective zones. All over India generally the feeds are deficient in
    Ca, P, Mg, Zn and Cu. Area specific feed deficiency represent the Northern region deficient
    in Ca, P, Mg, Zn, Cu, Mn, and I; Western region deficient in Ca, P, S, Cu and Zn; Southern
    region deficient in Ca, P, Mg, Cu, Zn and Eastern region deficient in Ca, P, Mg, Cu, Zn, Mn
    and Co. This region specific mineral deficiency in feeds and fodders represents the need for
    the development of area specific mineral mixtures with some modification in mineral
    mixture type I and Type II recommended by BIS.

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