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Table 2 Contribution of minerals

From: BIOCLAIMS standard diet (BIOsd): a reference diet for nutritional physiology

Essential mineral elements

g/kg mix

Calcium, carbonate, anhydrous, 40.04% Ca

357

Potassium phosphate, monobasic, 22.76% P; 28.73% Ka

196

Potassium citrate, tri-potassium, monohydrate, 36.16% K

70.78

Sodium chloride, 39.34% Na; 60.66% Cl

74

Potassium sulfate, 44.87% K; 18.39% S

46.6

Magnesium oxide, 60.32% Mg

24

Ferric citrate, 16.5% Fe

6.06

Zinc carbonate, 52.14% Zn

1.65

Manganous carbonate, 47.79% Mn

0.63

Cupric carbonate, 57.47% Cu

0.3

Potassium iodate, 59.3% I

0.011

Sodium selenate anhydrous, 41.79% Se

0.01025

Ammonium paramolybdate, 4 hydrate, 54.34% Mo

0.00795

Potential beneficial mineral elements

Sodium meta-silicate, 9 hydrate, 9.88% Si

1.45

Chromium potassium sulfate, 12 hydrate, 10.42% Cr

0.275

Lithium chloride, 16.38% Li

0.0174

Boric acid, 17.5% B

0.0815

Sodium fluoride, 45.24% F

0.0635

Nickel carbonate, 45% Ni

0.0318

Ammonium vanadate, 43.55% V

0.0066

Powdered sucrose (carrier)

221.026

  1. aThis amount of potassium phosphate supplies only 1,561 mg P/kg diet. The remainder (1,440 mg) comes from casein, which contains an average of 0.72% P. The recommended amount of phosphorus in the diet is 3,000 mg/kg diet (Reeves et al. 1993)