Nutritional Deficiencies Plague Livestock: Farmers Face Economic Losses

• Animals, like humans, require a balanced diet with adequate vitamins and minerals to prevent serious diseases.
• Dr. Anil Kumar highlights five critical diseases in livestock caused by vitamin, mineral, and nutritional deficiencies.
• Milk fever, caused by calcium deficiency, affects newly calved cows, leading to weakness and difficulty standing.
• Pica disease, due to phosphorus deficiency, causes cows to chew non-food items, reducing milk production and reproductive capacity.
• Anemia (iron deficiency), Grass Tetany (magnesium deficiency), and Goiter (iodine deficiency) are other serious conditions impacting animal health and productivity.