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Krmiva : Review for animal feeding, production and feed technology, Vol. 53 No. 1, 2011.

Professional paper

NUTRITIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MINERALS IN HORSE FEEDING

Mirjana Baban ; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Matija Domaćinović ; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Maja Sakač ; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Kristina Budimir ; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Boris Antunović ; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Pero Mijić ; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Tina Bobić ; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska

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Abstract

Horse feeding must be optimal, and meals properly balanced with the sufficient amount of nutritious substances and energy. Minerals are inorganic substances which are necessary for all biological processes in an organism. It should be ensured that horses get sufficient amounts of balanced macroelements and microelements
in a meal. The horse’s need for minerals depends on the breed, neurohormone status, body weight, fitness, age, climate change, health, body temperature, parasites occurrence, digestive disorders, labour intensity, sports competitions, forced growth of foals and the state of organism, such as foaling condition or lactation. Minerals are essential active participants in biochemical reactions which occur
in the body, and participate in the anatomy of locomotor system. They also participate in transmission of energy, nervous impulses and muscle contractions. There is not one kind of meal that offers an optimal range of mineral substances necessary for the horse’s organism, so there is a lack of these biologically active substances
in every meal, which is regularly compensated by adding mineral-vitamin mixtures. In case of mineral deficits, the efficiency of obtaining energy from rations will be reduced. When mineral supplies are low due to the lack of minerals in an organism, the disturbed biochemical processes cause clinical and patomorphological changes.
An excessive intake of minerals creates supplies in an organism, thus causing poisoning because of disruption of some biochemical reactions. Adequate feeding, inheritance base and proper training enable maximum use of horse’s potentials. Preparing a proper meal, regarding horse’s needs, presents a great challenge.

Keywords

horses; feeding; mineral substances

Hrčak ID:

71365

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/71365

Publication date:

28.6.2011.

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