Animals get more Magnesium than human RDA, and not as a single serving
Humans, as well as most animals, do no get the recommended daily intake at one time of
Water
Food
Magnesium
- The intestines just cannot process it all at once.
- In animals, as well as humans, the daily amount of Magnesium all at once causes diarrhea.
Adjusted for an animal (human) weighing 200 lbs the amount of Magnesium needed is
2600 mg – horse
1000 mg – beef cattle
3000 mg – dairy cattle
800 mg – monkey
Horses Merck Manual
Horse: 13 mg/kg body wt/day 200 lb horse/human = 2,600 mg/day
Mineral Supplements for Beef Cattle University of Missouri Extension
Cattle need about 0.04 to 0.1 % magnesium in the dry matter of their ration. (assuming lots in the feed)
Assuming a human eats 1 kg of food per day 0.1% would be 1000 mg of Magnesium element
Mineral and Vitamin Nutrition of Dairy Cattle Nebraska
0.2 – 0.25% of dry food – about 3X of Beef cattle
Nutrition in Primates Merick
0.08% of dry feed ==> 800 mg of Magnesium for a 200 lb human
Cat Food Standards by the AAFCO - 2008
0.04% dry feed ==> 400 mg of Magnesium for a 200 lb human