Resumen

MUNOZ-GONZALEZ, Juan Carlos; HUERTA-BRAVO, Maximino; RAMIREZ-VALVERDE, Rodolfo  y  GONZALEZ-ALCORTA, Mariano Jesús. Mineral profile in water, soil, fodder and sheep blood serum in Tlaxcala, México. Ecosistemas y recur. agropecuarios [online]. 2017, vol.4, n.12, pp.443-451. ISSN 2007-901X.  https://doi.org/10.19136/era.a4n12.1235.

The objective was to determine the mineral profile in samples of water, soil, forage, feed concentrate, mineral salts and blood of 170 sheep in nine ranches in the State of Tlaxcala, México. The minerals analyzed were Cu, Fe, Zn, Mn, Ca, Mg, Na, K and P. The statistical model included the effect of the ranch on all variables. For the blood the effect of physiological State was determined. There were differences (p < 0.05) between ranches in the concentrations of Mg, Na, K and P in the water. The soils of the ranches have different concentrations (p < 0.05) of Cu, Fe, Zn, Mn, Ca, Mg, Na, K and P. The contents of Zn, Mn, Ca, Na and Ca:P ratio were higher (p < 0.05) in legumes than in grasses. Serum concentrations of Zn, Ca and P were higher (p < 0.05) in lambs than in sheep.

Palabras llave : Water; lambs; mineral deficiencies; grasses; legumes; sheep; soil.