
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gartner, RJW 
A1  - Young, JG 
A1  - Pepper, PM 
T1  - Hepatic copper concentration of steers grazing pastures on developed wet heath land in south-eastern Queensland
JF  - Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
JO  - Aust. J. Exp. Agric.
Y1  - 1968
VL  - 8
IS  - 35
SP  - 679
EP  - 682
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9680679 
N2  - A 2 X 2 factorial design was used to investigate the effects of copper and cobalt therapy of Hereford steers grazing Lotononis-Pangola pastures on the wet heath areas of coastal south-eastern Queensland. Copper was given as a subcutaneous injection of copper glycinate and cobalt as an intra- ruminal cobalt oxide pellet. Liver samples were obtained at three-monthly intervals for 18 months. The liver copper concentration of untreated animals decreased to low levels (<10 p.p.m.). Copper therapy increased (P<0.01) and cobalt therapy decreased (P<0.01) liver copper levels. There were, however, no significant differences in bodyweight gains. 
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