The new approaches of the animal production systems make managing the mineral nutrition a challenge. Versus the excessive, trace mineral supply in intensively managed livestock, well above the physiological requirements, is the no trace mineral supplementation of organic systems, which become highly dependent on trace minerals in the soil. Nowadays, in addition to the animal health perspective,...

Previous studies have demonstrated the influence of calcium phosphate (CaP) mineral coating characteristics on cell attachment, proliferation, and differentiation. However, the wide range of mineral properties that can potentially influence cell behavior calls for an efficient platform to screen for the effects of specific mineral properties. To address this need, we have developed an efficient...

chelating is the chemical process by which a mineral (iron, cobalt, copper, zinc, and manganese) is combined with a mixture of amino acids and peptides. the resulting substances are known as chelates. another descriptive term, proteinates, refers to the amino acid bond. these chelated minerals are thought to be more digestible than nonchelated forms. in other words, chelation makes the minerals...

Code is one of the rivers influenced by a large number waste-generating human activities in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Despite continued discharges pollution loads from anthropogenic waste, heavy metal index (HPI)—a water quality assessing ions present body water—remains nationally underutilized. The research was intended to 1) analyze river based on and nonmetal parameters typical domestic 2) calc...

Automatic mineral identification using evolutionary computation technology is discussed. Thin sections of mineral samples are digitally photographed using a computercontrolled rotating polarizer stage on a petrographic microscope. A suite of image processing functions is applied to the images. Filtered image data for identified mineral grains is then selected for use as training data for a gene...

Mineral supplementation programs are a point of confusion for many ranchers. Sales representatives, university researchers, and cattle buyers bark at ranchers about how important it is to keep their cattle on a mineral program. Ranchers, however, are often at a loss as to how to assess mineral deficiencies, which mineral packages they need to purchase, whether they should have a custom mineral ...