Recent progress in exploring the essentiality of the ultratrace element aluminum to the nutrition of animals and man

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Nine generations of goats receiving 2.5 to 6.5 mg Al/kg feed dry matter (DM) developed significantly increased mortality, impaired success of first insemination, an increased rate of abortions and, in the fourth generation, a distinct weakness of the hindlegs. Aluminum-poor nutrition led to significant variations of Al contents of aorta, spleen and bones. This effect of aluminum-poor nutrition was also evident in chickens. The normative requirement of animals is < 10 mg Al/kg diet DM. A potential daily normative aluminum requirement - if it should exist - is < 2000 μg, on the average of a week. The aluminum requirement of animals and man is satisfied by the natural aluminum offer.