By the beginning of the century, it had been conclusively established that the most efficient utilization of any ration depended not only on the proper balance between the heretofore known essential nutrients, viz.: proteins, fats and carbohydrates, but on a consideration of balance with regard to minerals and vitamins. Analyses of the animal body and of eggs reveal the presence of a large number of mineral elements. However only a few of these have to be added to the normal ration either because some are not essential in the performance of the physiological activities of the animal or the ingredients used in the ration contain enough of the ethers in available form. The two most abundant minerals both in the body and the egg of the chicken are calcium and phosphorus. Supplementation of the ration with both of these elements is essential in order to meet the birds’ requirements.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.115329 |
| Date | January 1964 |
| Creators | Ademosun, A. A. |
| Contributors | Nikolaiczuk, N. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Agriculture.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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