Table 1 Required level of major minerals including calcium (Ca), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), sodium (Na), phosphorus (P) and sulphur (S) (g/kg of daily DM intake), and minor minerals including copper (Cu), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn) and zinc (Zn) (mg/kg of daily intake) for growing, pregnancy and lactation in sheep, beef cattle and meat goats.

Livestock		Ca	K	Mg	Na	P	S	Cu	Fe	Mn	Zn
Sheep	Growing^a	3.1	4.4	0.9	0.6	2.5	1.8	7	78	26	45
	Late pregnancy^b	4.9	4.5	1.0	0.5	2.9	1.6	11	51	38	51
	Early lactation^c	4.1	5.5	1.3	0.7	3.5	1.6	11	13	25	79
Cattle^d	Growing	3.6	6.0	1.0	0.7	1.9	1.5	10	50	20	30
	Gestation	3.7	6.0	1.2	0.7	1.8	1.5	10	50	40	30
	Early lactation	5.3	7.0	2.0	1.0	3.3	1.5	15	50	40	30
Goats	Growing^a	6.0	4.9	0.8	0.9	2.9	2.7	17	34	12	11
	Late pregnancy^b	4.4	6.1	0.8	0.7	2.2	2.9	27	75	44	59
	Early lactation^c	5.8	9.0	0.9	0.8	3.4	2.6	35	26	26	82

^a40 kg lamb at 4 months of age, gaining 250 g/day (Tables 15-2 and 15-3¹⁴) or a 20 kg meat goat (kid) gaining 100 g/day (Tables 15-5 and 15-7¹⁴), adjusted for dry matter intake.
^b60 kg twin-bearing mature ewe at late pregnancy (Tables 15-1 and 15-3¹⁴), or 50 kg twin-bearing non-dairy meat doe (Tables 15-4 and 15-7¹⁴), adjusted for dry matter intake.
^c60 kg twin-bearing mature ewe (Tables 15-1 and 15-3¹⁴), or twin-bearing mature meat doe (Tables 15-4 and 15-7¹⁴), adjusted for dry matter intake.
^dBeef cattle nutrient concentration requirements taken from Table 5-1¹⁵.

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