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4.3 Oral Treatment of Trace Element Deficiencies in Ruminant Livestock

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2018

A. MacPherson
A. MacPherson*
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The West of Scotland Agricultural College, Auchincruive, Ayr
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Oral treatment of trace element deficiencies of livestock has a long although not always distinguished history. It has generally been the method first employed following the discovery of a trace element deficiency. Thus, Robert Fraser (1794) used oral dosing with soil to counteract the effects of cobalt (Co) deficiency in sheep; Hunter, Eden and Green (1945) dosed ewes with copper (Cu) for the control of swayback; McLean, Thomson and Claxton (1959) obtained significant growth responses following selenium (Se) supplementation of unthrifty lambs and Dynna and Havre (1963) used oral dosing with zinc (Zn) as part of the treatment of cattle suffering from a combined Zn-Cu deficiency in Northern Norway.

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4. Prevention of Disease
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BSAP Occasional Publication , Volume 7: Trace Elements in Animal Production and Veterinary Practice , 1983 , pp. 93 - 103
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Production 1983

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