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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2025 Mar 27;263(Suppl 1):S65–S70. doi: 10.2460/javma.24.12.0801

Table 1—

Liver reference values for trace minerals and vitamins A and E.715

Analyte Reference values (ppm wet weight)

Copper 30.0–150.0
Zinc 25.0–100.0a
Iron 40.0–400.0
Manganese 2.5–6.0a
Iodine 0.1–0.2a
Selenium 0.3–1.2
Cobalt 0.0–0.1a
Vitamin A 1.5–4.5b
> 15.0b,c
Vitamin E NA
> 3.6b,c

NA = Not applicable.

a

AduIt cattle reference value.

b

California Animal Health and Food Safety reference values denote dry weight values converted to wet weight by dividing by 3 to 3.3.

c

Neonate cattle reference value.