Table 5. Availability Of Minerals From Various Sources.

Mineral	Source	Availability to the Pig
Phosphorus (and calcium)	Monocalcium phosphate   Dicalcium phosphate  Defluorinated phosphate Steamed bone meal Raw rock phosphate  Soft rock phosphate	Good Good Good Good Poor Poor
Calcium	Calcium carbonate  (from ground limestone, oyster shell  flour, calcite, and other sources)	Good but variable
Iron	Ferric copper cobalt choline citrate  Ferrous fumerate  Ferric ammonium citrate  Ferrous sulfate  Ferrous carbonate  Ferrous or ferric oxide	Excellent  Good  Good  Good  Variable but usually poor  Extremely poor
Copper	Copper sulfate  Copper carbonate  Copper oxide	Good  Good  Fair to Good
Manganese	Manganese sulfate  Manganous carbonate  Manganous chloride  Manganous oxide	Good  Good but variable  Good  Good but variable
Zinc	Zinc sulfate  Zinc carbonate  Zinc oxide	Good  Good Good
Iodine	EDDI (Ethylene diamine dihydriodide) Potassium iodate Calcium iodate Potassium iodide Sodium iodide	Excellent  Good  Good  Good but unstable Good but unstable
Selenium	Sodium selenite Sodium selenate	Good  Good

TABLE 4 | INGREDIENTS | MAIN