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Understanding the efficacy of organic trace minerals has been increasingly important over the past few years as a result of increased customer awareness of their benefits and the increase in the number of commercial products available to the customer. Organically bound trace minerals of interest in animal nutrition specifically include iron, zinc, manganese, copper, cobalt, and selenium. These elements have been shown to improve reproductive efficiency as measured by conception rate, alleviated calving, and reduced placenta expulsion rate. Additional benefits include improved growth performance of calves. The field trials in the period of 2005 – 2007 with Charolais breed beef cattle cows and calves verified efficacy of the premix PROTRACE G containing Fe, Zn, Cu, Mn, and Co chelates, Se-amino acid (selenomethionine), potassium iodide, and vitamins A, D3 and E. Average calving rate of experimental group cows fed diet with added premix was 20 – 30 min, placenta expulsion time - 28 – 31 min, but in control group fed only basal diet - 2 h 21 min and 1 h 30 min – 2 h 09 min (p is less than 0.05) respectively. Live weight gain of calves and heifers of the experimental group was on 35 – 39% higher (p is less than 0.05) than that in the control group.

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