Open AccessNutritional factors influencing improvement of milk and meat quality as well as productive and reproductive parameters of cattle
Author(s) -
Lj. Sretenović,
S. Aleksić,
M.P. Petrović,
B. Miščević
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
biotechnology in animal husbandry/biotechnology in animal husbandry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2217-7140
pISSN - 1450-9156
DOI - 10.2298/bah0701217s
Subject(s) - food science , human nutrition , human health , vitamin e , nutrient , selenium , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , antioxidant , vitamin , animal nutrition , animal health , environmental health , medicine , zoology , chemistry , biochemistry , agronomy , ecology , organic chemistry , crop
Consumers are becoming more aware of the relationships between diet and health and this has increased consumer interest in the nutritional value of foods. This is impacting on the demand for foods which contain functional components that play important roles in health maintenance and disease prevention. Vitamin E, organically bound selenium and betacarotene are important antioxidant components of animal and human diets, and also unsaturated fatty acids and yeast and their roles in animal and human health and immune function are indispensable. The present review paper will discuss these nutrients in relation to antioxidant and health considerations and draw conclusions as to vitamin and mineral supplementation needs.