Sunflower meal as cause of chronic copper poisoning in lambs in southeastern Spain.

Can Vet J

Department of Veterinary and Environmental Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Murcia, Spain.

Published: November 1999

Sunflower meal with a copper/molybdenum ratio of 10 caused copper toxicosis in lambs. Copper must be analyzed on a dry matter basis in liver and renal cortex. Oral administration of molybdenum and thiosulfate had a certain effectiveness in sick animals. Care must be taken with feedstuffs made from copper-dependent plants.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1539993PMC

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