Zinc proteinate
Clinical data
Pregnancy
category
  • A
Routes of
administration
Oral
ATC code
Legal status
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Zinc proteinate is the final product resulting from the chelation of zinc with amino acids and/or partially hydrolyzed proteins. It is used as a nutritional animal feed supplement formulated to prevent and/or correct zinc deficiency in animals.[1] Zinc proteinate can be used in place of zinc sulfate and zinc methionine.

References

  1. Liu SB, Li SF, Lu L, Xie JJ, Zhang LY, Wang RL, Luo XG (2013). "The effectiveness of zinc proteinate for chicks fed a conventional corn-soybean meal diet". The Journal of Applied Poultry Research. 22 (3): 396–403. doi:10.3382/japr.2012-00564.
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