Soluble in water, manganese sulphate provides animals with the manganese essential for normal physiological function. Manganese is essential in carbohydrate, protein and lipid metabolism and promotes body absorption of biotin, vitamin B1 and vitamin C. It helps to prevent perosis in poultries. Deficiency in manganese in animals results in abnormal skeletal growth and increased fat deposition and poor milk production and egg shell fprmation. Female animals lacking in manganese are reported to drop in reproductive performance and have smaller and weaker offspring.