Trace Element Deficiency in Ruminants
- 1 September 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Outlook on Agriculture
- Vol. 18 (3) , 124-132
- https://doi.org/10.1177/003072708901800305
Abstract
The connection between trace element deficiencies and specific animal diseases, such as white muscle disease and swayback, has long been recognized, but the nature of the underlying mechanisms and the consequences of subclinical deficiency are only just beginning to be understood. This article considers the dietary significance of copper, selenium, cobalt, and iodine in ruminants, and concludes with a review of practical methods for preventing or correcting deficiencies.Keywords
This publication has 33 references indexed in Scilit:
- Cobalt deficiency and Ostertagia circumcincta infection in lambsVeterinary Record, 1989
- Control of selenium and cobalt deficiency in lambs by supplementation of oral anthelminticsVeterinary Record, 1988
- The efficacy of intraruminal pellets composed of elemental selenium and iron in sheepNew Zealand Veterinary Journal, 1988
- The effects of selenium, housing and management on the incidence of pneumonia in housed calvesVeterinary Record, 1987
- Methylmalonic acid as an indicator of vitamin B12 deficiency in grazing sheepPublished by Wiley ,1987
- The effect of breed of sire on the accumulation of copper in lambs, with particular reference to copper toxicityAnimal Science, 1982
- A study of the effects of copper deficiency in Scottish blackface lambs on improved hill pastureVeterinary Record, 1979
- Breed differences in copper metabolism in sheepThe Journal of Agricultural Science, 1978
- An investigation into copper deficiency in young lambs on an improved hill pasturePublished by Wiley ,1977
- A technique for measuring the biological availability of copper of sheep, sing hypocupraemic ewesBritish Journal of Nutrition, 1974