Role of micronutrients in immunity and fertility of animal
Published on:
01/22/2014
Author/s :
Umesh Sontakke, Muneendra kumar and Harjit Kaur
Dairy Cattle Nutrition Division, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 132001
Introduction A number of micronutrients have been shown to affect various aspects of immunity in cattle. The interactions between nutritional status, immunology and disease resistance are extremely complex. Insufficient contents of micronutrients in animal diets have been related with low disease resistance and decreased disease resistance. A balanced supply of micronutrients, such as vitamin...