Study: Excess iodine limits seaweed use in most animal diets

But processing seaweed to remove iodine could allow for greater use of seaweed in livestock diets, researcher says.

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The high iodine content of most seaweed species likely limits their applications in livestock production, but processing seaweed to remove iodine could expand its use, according to new analysis from researchers in Spain and Ireland.

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