Baranova ОV, Kiyaeva ЕV, Notova. SV.

Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production. 2025. Vol. 108. No. 4. Р. 217-233.

doi:10.33284/2658-3135-108-4-217

Review article

Different forms of iron in feeding of animals

 

Oksana V Baranova1, Elena V Kiyaeva2, Svetlana V Notova3

1,2,3 Orenburg State University, Orenburg, Russia

1baranovaov@yandex.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2780-6499

2elena_sap@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6476-7839

3snotova@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6378-4522

 

Abstract. Iron is an essential micronutrient, and iron-containing proteins perform many vital functions in the physiological and biochemical processes of the body. Iron deficiency is known to be one of the most common nutrient deficiencies in the world, and rapidly growing animals are most vulnerable to iron deficiency. Therefore, iron is often added to animal diets as supplements to ensure growth and productivity. Inorganic ferrous sulfate is most often included in animal diets. However, due to many disadvantages of inorganic iron supplements (low bioavailability, hygroscopicity and interaction with other elements, as well as high excretion), more and more attention is currently paid to the development and use of new iron sources, such as organic forms or nanoforms, which ensure high bioavailability of the element, its lower toxicity and reduce of dosage when added to feed. This topic is relevant to science and a sufficient number of studies on this topic can be found in scientific journals. This review presents the analysis on the use of iron in its various forms in animal feeding, shows the prospects for its use in feed.

Keywords: feeding, iron, mineral forms of iron, organic forms of iron, nanoparticles

Acknowledgments: study was carried out in accordance with the program of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation for the implementation of major scientific projects in priority areas of scientific and technical development of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education of Orenburg State University (No. 075-15-2024-550).

For citation: Baranova ОV,  Kiyaeva ЕV,   Notova. SV. Different forms of iron in feeding of animals (review). Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production. 2025;108(4):217-233. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.33284/2658-3135-108-4-217

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Information about the authors:

Oksana V Baranova, Cand. Sci. (Biology), Associate Professor, Director of Institute of Bioelementology, Orenburg State University, 13 Pobedy Ave, Orenburg, 460018, tel.: 8-950-189-89-01.

Elena V Kiyaeva, Cand. Sci. (Medicine), Senior Researcher, Institute of Bioelementology, Orenburg State University, 13 Pobedy Ave, Orenburg, 460018, tel.: 8-903-362-61-82.

Svetlana V Notova, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor of the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Orenburg State University, 13 Pobedy Ave, Orenburg, 460018, tel.: 8-903-367-03-70.

The article was submitted 15.05.2025; approved after reviewing 19.06.2025; accepted for publication 15.12.2025.

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