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Cobalt and copper in the nutrition of sheep (2)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Hedley R. Marston ,
Hector John Lee  and
Ian W. McDonald
Hedley R. Marston
Affiliation:
From the Division of Biochemistry and General Nutrition, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, University of Adelaide, South Australia
Hector John Lee
Affiliation:
From the Division of Biochemistry and General Nutrition, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, University of Adelaide, South Australia
Ian W. McDonald
Affiliation:
From the Division of Biochemistry and General Nutrition, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, University of Adelaide, South Australia
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Summary

The effects of cobalt deficiency and of varying degrees of copper deficiency in young sheep were investigated.

Five of six evenly matched groups of hoggets aged about 8 months when transferred to the deficient pastures were supplemented with the equivalent of 1 mg. Co/day, 10 mg. Cu/day, 1 mg Co + 1 mg. Cu/day, 1 mg. Co + 5 mg. Cu/day, 1 mg. Co + 10 mg. Cu/day, respectively, administered thrice weekly as a drench; the sixth group was untreated.

All individuals that received no cobalt developed typical symptoms of cobalt deficiency and most of them died within a year. After 11 months the remaining cases were removed to the laboratory. They were then in the advanced stages of the terminal cachexia.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , April 1948 , pp. 222 - 228
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1948

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