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15.09.2022

Vitamin D the “sunshine vitamin” – why you should supplement it in your feed

Read our HOT TOPIC about the role of vitamin D in animal feed, its forms and how they are compared, written by Phytobiotics' expert Murat Devlikamov.
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Vitamin D is called the "sunshine vitamin”. Do you know all its vital functions in the organism? In this Hot Topic, our expert Murat Devlikamov explains the relevance of vitamin D in animal nutrition and why supplementing vitamin D via the feed is so important. You’ll also learn about the different forms of vitamin D, their physiological properties and how they are measured.

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