Salt Institute references on feeding animals and plants salt

There are many advantages of using salt as a carrier for trace minerals essential to animal growth, health and productivity. The Salt Institute has produced information targeted at animal nutrition professionals and producers of livestock and poultry to assist their understanding of the key role of trace minerals and profitable strategies for ensuring the health of their animals. In some circumstances, salt can also be used on cropland.

The best single source for information on Salt and Trace Minerals for Livestock, Poultry and Other Animals is the 2006 edition (8th edition) of the book of that title by University of Illinois Professor of Animal Nutrition Dr. Larry L. Berger. Download it free here (pdf 520.11 kB) .

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Suppressed Humoral Deficiency in Chicks Fed Diets Deficient in Sodium, Chloride or both Sodium and Chloride (pdf 372.34 kB) by Julio L. Pimentel, Ph.D. and Mark E. Cook, Ph.D. (e-published here with permission of Poultry Science where it was published originally at 66:2005-2010, 1987)

What Are Trace Minerals Really Worth? (pdf 2.74 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Sept. 1988

Effective Trace Mineral Nutrition Critical in Assuring Animal Immunity to Disease (pdf 2.87 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Sept. 1989

Factors Affecting Mineral Bioavailability (pdf 2.40 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Mar. 1990

Copper Toxicity in Sheep (pdf 13.65 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Mar. 1991

Salt as an Intake Regulator: The Science (pdf 2.37 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Sept. 1991

Trace Mineral Nutrition of Grazing Ruminants (pdf 2.27 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Mar. 1992

Grass Tetany: Causes and Prevention (pdf 2.63 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Sept. 1992

Chromium -- An Essential Nutrient? (pdf 2.59 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Mar. 1993

Effective Copper Nutrition for Farm Animals (pdf 2.45 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Sept. 1993

Salt, Trace Minerals and Fertillity in Beef and Dairy Cattle (pdf 2.86 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Mar. 1994

Factors Affecting the Trace Mineral Composition of Feedstuffs (pdf 2.68 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. June 1995

Sodium Nutrition in Livestock and Poultry (pdf 2.85 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Dec. 1995

Trace Minerals: Keys to Immunity (pdf 3.01 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Mar. 1996

Selenium: The Controversial Nutrient (pdf 2.95 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Sept. 1996

Salt, Common but Necessary (pdf 2.72 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Mar. 1997

Proper Mineral Nutrition Controls Animal Wastes (pdf 2.88 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Sept. 1997

Salt-Limited Creep Feeding (pdf 3.95 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. June 1999

Suphur Nutrition Affect Copper Requirements (pdf 301.28 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Dec. 1999

Evaluating Trace Mineral Status (pdf 3.01 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. June 2000

Can Salt be used Beneficially on Asparagus? Wade H. Elmer, Ph.D. 2000

Iodine and Selenium Interactions (pdf 2.91 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Dec. 2000

Trace Mineral Concentrations of Forages (pdf 4.94 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. June 2001

BSE: A Trace Mineral Imbalance? (pdf 3.19 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Dec. 2001

Stress, Behavior and Sodium Appetite (pdf 229.90 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. June 2002

Zinc: Nutritional and Pharmacological Roles (pdf 245.73 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Dec. 2002

Salt: Drought Management Tool for Beef Producers (pdf 854.80 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Mar. 2003

Selenium and Vitamin E -- Antioxidants for Animals (pdf 509.17 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. June 2003

Salt Reduces Grass Tetany (pdf 375.92 kB) (also note this article on salt as a fertilizer) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Sept. 2003

Using Sodium Chloride to Control Plant Diseases by Wade H. Elmer, Ph.D. 2003

Trace Mineral Availability (pdf 305.92 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Dec. 2003

"Nutritional Wisdom" -- Fact or Fiction? (pdf 447.55 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Mar. 2004

Trace Minerals and Reproduction in Livestock (pdf 338.40 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. June 2004

Edible Covers for Feeds (pdf 624.91 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Sept. 2004

Role of Trace Minerals in Preconditioning Programs (pdf 459.95 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Dec. 2004

Copper Nutrition of Sheep and Goats (pdf 410.77 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Mar. 2005

Cobalt in Ruminant Nutrition (pdf 459.13 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. June 2005

Sodium Nutrition and Sources (pdf 1.59 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Fall 2005

Equine Mineral Nutrition (pdf 349.09 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Winter 2006

Trace Minerals and Cadmium Toxicity (pdf 618.61 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Spring 2006

Salt-Limited Byproduct Feeds (pdf 2.05 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Summer 2006

Fescue and Trace Minerals (pdf 366.82 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Fall 2006

Trace Minerals Concentration Calculations (pdf 410.35 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Winter 2007

Salt and Rotational Grazing (pdf 436.21 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Spring 2007

Factors Affecting the Trace Mineral Status of Feeder Calves (pdf 614.79 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Summer 2007

Trace Mineral Delivery Methods (pdf 549.45 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Fall 2007

Preventing Salt Toxicity (pdf 677.32 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Winter 2008

Salt-limited Supplementation of Grazing Animals (pdf 567.18 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Spring 2008

Iodine Deficiency in Sheep (pdf 531.97 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Summer 2008

Role of Sodium Deficiency and Excess Nitrates in Grass Tetany (pdf 557.06 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. Fall 2008

Dietary Antagonist and Copper Nutrition (pdf 1.81 MB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D., Spring 2009

Playing Detective with Mineral Imbalances (jpeg 56.68 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D., Spring 2009

Trace Minerals and Stress in Dairy Cows (pdf 532.04 kB) by Larry L. Berger, Ph.D., Summer 2009