Summary
The effects of treatment of young Borana-type zebu cattle with copper and cyanocobalamin by injection are described. Cattle receiving copper gained a mean of 9.18 kg more than cobalt treated and control cattle over a 23-week period of the dry season. Anaemia was not present initially nor in control animals and blood parameters, with the exception of serum copper content, were unaffected by treatment. Serum copper contents were low initially in all cattle and, although increased in the copper treatment group, remained below normal levels.
Résumé
Les effets du traitement au cuivre et à la cyanocobalamine en injection sur de jeunes zébus Borana sont décrits. Au cours d'une période de 23 semaines pendant la saison sèche, le bétail recevant du cuivre a gagné en moyenne 9,18 kg de plus que celui traité au cobalt et que le bétail témoin. Au début il n'y avait pas d'anémie chez les animaux traités pas plus que chez les animaux témoins et les paramètres sanguins, exception faite du cuivre présent dans le sérum, n'étaient pas affectés par le traitement. Initiallement les dosages de cuivre étaient faibles chez tout le bétail et bien qu'ils aient augmente dans le groupe recevant un traitement au cuivre, ils sont restés en dessous des taux normaux.
Resumen
Se describen los efectos del tratamiento de ganado Cebú Borana con cobre y cianocobalamina. El ganado que recibió inyecciones de cobre ganó un promedio de 9.18 kg más que el ganado tratado con cobalto y los controles, durante un período de 23 semanas en la estación seca. Los animales tratados no tenían anemia y los parámetros sanguíneos, con la excepción del contenido sérico de cobre, no variaron con el tratamiento. El contenido sérico de cobre fué bajo en todos los animales en experimentación y aunque aumentó en los tratados, siempre se mantuvo por de bajo de los limites normales.
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Roeder, P.L. Effects of copper and cobalt treatment of cattle in the ethiopian rift valley. Trop Anim Health Prod 12, 63–68 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02242610
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