Trouw Pet Nutrition Outlook, Volume 2
Organic Trace Minerals Mother Natures Way Trouw Pet Nutrition Outlook Volume 2 4 Organic Trace Minerals Mother Natures Way T he study of the importance of trace minerals metals in animal and pet nutrition has been an ongoing process for nearly a century but biochemical and especially nutritional knowledge has lagged far behind the macronutrients such as protein amino acids carbohydrates and lipids The extremely small quantities of trace metals found in pet tissues and fluids compared with macronutrients may be the reason for the general lack of respect for their biological impact It is an error to assume that trace quantities of transition metals and selenium are less important biologically than macronutrients The transition metals manganese Mn iron Fe copper Cu and zinc Zn and the non metal selenium Se are associated either structurally catalytically or functionally with nearly every protein and biochemical process Zinc for example is afiliated with more than 3000 proteins in the body and the very important processes of gas exchange DNA transcription redox pH homeostasis and cell signaling Essential trace metals are required in very small quantities and because of their aggressive chemical nature even small deviations in cellular content can result in dysfunction disease and even death Our pets have a wide range of metal requirements and it is a bonus for formulators to be able to utilize a mineral that cooperates with the needs of the pet Strongly chelated minerals like Optimins have the ability to synchronize the absorption of the metal with the needs of the pet We refer to this process as up and down regulation and it improves the probability of nutritional success
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