Why do cattle need phosphorus?
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Meat & Livestock Australia August 6, 2021
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Phosphorus levels in pastures decline as plants mature.
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Which of the following cattle types is not considered to have the highest phosphorus requirements?
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Which test is best used to determine if your pastures are providing enough phosphorus?
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When there’s insufficient phosphorus in the diet, it’s mobilised from the bones, which can increase bone fragility and injuries in stock being handled.
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- increase feed intake over the growing season when both energy and protein are adequate and P has become the primary limiting nutrient.
- poor appetite and feed intake, poor growth, high breeder mortality rates, reduced fertility and milk production, bone breakage and, in severe cases, bone deformities and peg leg.
- breeder cows when they’re lactating and/or are in the last trimester of pregnancy.
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Phosphorus supplementation in acutely deficient pastures will
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Phosphorus deficiency results in
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Maintaining phosphorus reserves is particularly important for
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