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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Fate of Mimosine Administered Orally to Sheep and its Effectiveness as a Defleecing Agent

PJ Reis, DA Tunks and MP Hegarty

Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 28(6) 495 - 502
Published: 1975

Abstract

Mimosine was administered orally to Merino sheep once daily for periods of 1-3 days, either as the isolated compound or in the foliage of Leucaena leucocephala. A single daily dose of mimosine of 450 or 600 mg/kg body weight was effective for defleecing sheep. A daily dose rate of 300 mg/kg was effective for defleecing sheep if given on two sucessive days.

https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9750495

© CSIRO 1975

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