Trace minerals are important for healthy animals and are critical for optimal growth and performance. The amounts needed per day are measured in milligrams—or less—but are essential to sustain life, fight disease, and promote growth, development, and healthy reproduction in animals.
Despite the importance of trace minerals, they are often supplemented in an inorganic form, bound to sulfate or oxide. However, inorganic trace minerals are easily separated in the gut allowing for the formation of insoluble complexes with other free metals or other dietary components. This results in unabsorbed minerals being excreted in the feces, potentially contaminating the environment.
The key components in E.C.O.Trace® Premix Standard II are E.C.O.Trace® glycine chelates—trace minerals organically bound to the amino acid glycine, also commonly known as glycinates. Organic trace elements have greater binding strength and are better protected from antagonistic effects in the gut. The result is that more trace minerals are better absorbed and metabolized, with a direct impact on animal health and productivity.
E.C.O.Trace® Premix Standard II is a 1:2:4:4 ratio of copper, manganese, zinc, and iron. It is specifically formulated to improve iron delivery in late gestation and lactation in sow, piglet, and equine diets. E.C.O.Trace® Premix Standard II is an easy choice for all your feed!
