Products
Livestock - Iodine (I)
Deficiency Symptoms
Enlarged thyroid
Reduced milk production
Reduced growth rate
Reduced reproductive activity
Increased number of stillborn
Increased retained placentas
Made worse by
"Goitrogens" in the diet (turnips, kale, cabbage, swedes) interfere with the animals ability to utilise iodine
Role In Plant Nutrition
Synthesis and degradation of the thyroid hormones (fertility, milk yields, growth processes, nervous system)
Examples of Deficiency
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