title: Some minerals' content of Egyptian feedstuffs.
abstract: Determination of five minerals for the more common Egyptian feedstuffs was conducted. Bone and fish meals contained the highest amounts of calcium, 33.43 and 0.25%, while wheat and corn grains contained the lowest amounts, 0.04 and 0.02%, respectively. Bone and meat meals contained the highest amounts of phosphorus, 12.31 and 5.06%, while corn grains and wheat straw contained the lowest amounts, 0.26 and 0.23%, respectively. Meat and fish meals contained the highest amounts of sulfur, 0.89 and 0.68%, while wheat straw and bone meal contained the amounts of sulfur, 0.89 and 0.68%, while wheat straw and bone meal contained the lowest amounts, 0.20 and 0.18%, respectively. Rice and wheat brans contained the highest amounts of manganese, 395.3 and 99.8 mg/kg, while corn grains and dried skim milk contained the lowest amounts, 7.2 and 3.1 mg/kg. Bone and meat meals contained the highest amounts of iron, 0.127 and 0.084%, while barley and dried skim milk contained the lowest amounts, 0.004 for each feed material, respectively.
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis*; D002523:Edible Grain / Q000032:analysis; D004534:Egypt; D007501:Iron / Q000032:analysis*; D008345:Manganese / Q000032:analysis*; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000032:analysis*; D013455:Sulfur / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D010758:Phosphorus; D008345:Manganese; D013455:Sulfur; D007501:Iron; D002118:Calcium