Mineral nutrition of livestock 4th edition n suttle 1 1 the requirement for minerals early discoveries all animal and plant tissues contain widely vary ing amounts and proportions of mineral ele ments which largely remain as oxides carbonates phosphates and sulfates in the ash after ignition of organic matter in the 17th cen tury a swedish chemist gahn found calcium phosphate to be . This new edition of a highly successful text published in its second edition in 1981 adheres to the framework laid down by the late professor underwood but has been thoroughly revised by dr neville suttle in addition to bringing the book up to date adding new definitions and reports on new advances dr suttle has added new chapters on such topics as the unique need of the ruminant for . The mineral nutrition of livestock description this edition is a thorough revision of the previous there are 3 chapters on general principles natural sources of minerals and detection and correction of mineral imbalances in animals individual chapters are given to ca p mg na and cl k s co cu i fe mn se and zn three final chapters cover occasionally beneficial elements b cr . The mineral nutrition of livestock 3rd edition e j underwood and n f suttle 1999 cabi publishing cab international wallingford 614 pp hard cover gbp75 us140 isbn 0 85199 128 9 in