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Effect of Calcium Phosphates and Zinc in Salt-Mineral Mixtures on Ad Libitum Salt-Mix Intake and on Zinc and Selenium Status of Sheep^1,2,

University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706

Abstract

In two separate experiments, 72 crossbred ewes were fed hay, haylage (50% dry matter) and corn diets with ad libitum salt-mineral mixtures (SMM; Exp. 1) or salt (Exp. 2). Calcium phosphates (Ca·P) and(or) zinc (Zn) were added in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement to salt + trace minerals for ewes 7 mo prepartum through lactation in Exp. 1 and to salt only for ewes 3 mo prepartum through lactation in Exp. 2. The diets fed were estimated to contain 23 and 28 mg Zn/kg dry diet (ppm), respectively, and .08 and .05 ppm Se. Large variations (up to fivefold) were found in SMM intake per month between replicates and from month-to-month within treatment; thus, monthly variations of up to sevenfold occurred in Zn and Se intakes of supplemented groups. There were no significant treatment effects on SMM intake. Small but significant Zn treatment effects were detected for plasma and wool Zn of ewes and lambs, but all values were in the normal range. There was no significant treatment effect on plasma alkaline phosphatase activity. In Exp. 2, erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity was significantly lower in all treatment groups compared with a Se-supplemented control group but only rare occurrences of subclinical muscular dystrophy were found. There was no significant treatment effect on GSH-Px activity, whole blood Se in ewes and lambs or plasma creatine phosphokinase activity in lambs. These results indicate large animal and seasonal variability in SMM intake and no significant treatment effects of Ca·P on SMM intake or on Zn and Se status. Zinc addition to SMM had no effect on Se status.

¹ Research supported by the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Paper No. 834 from the Dept. of Meat and Anim. Sci.

² Dept. of Nutr. Sci., Meat and Anim. Sci. and Biochem.

³ The authors thank Mr. James Elphick and Mr. Richard Jensen of the Arlington research farm for their care of the animals.