Low reproductive rates, health challenges and reduced growth can all be caused by trace mineral deficiencies in cattle.

Saturn, left, and Claudette, right, two Belted Galloway calves, lick a block of trace minerals while Dolly, a Scottish Highland heifer, waits her turn. Cattle, just like humans, need minerals to ...

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