Animal nutrition
Across
- 4. Disorder of dairy cows close to calving. A metabolic disease caused by low calcium levels
- 6. symptoms include diarrhoea, vomiting and kidney disease
- 7. typical sign of milk fever in cattle
- 8. nutrient supply is adequate but results from insufficient intake or malabsorption
Down
- 1. acts as an antioxidant and protects cells from oxidative damage from free radicals
- 2. one or all components missing from diet
- 3. Group of fat-soluble secosteroids responsible for increasing intestinal absorption of calcium
- 5. Maintains the immune system and is used by the retina in the form of retinol.