Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-dsjbd Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-30T19:14:41.212Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

The effect of copper glycine injections on the live-weight gains of suckling beef calves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1962

D. E. Morgan
Affiliation:
National Agricultural Advisory Service, Yorks/Lancs Region
A. Clegg
Affiliation:
National Agricultural Advisory Service, Yorks/Lancs Region
N. H. Brooksbank
Affiliation:
Veterinary Investigation Centre, Liverpool
C. T. McCrea
Affiliation:
Veterinary Investigation Centre, Liverpool
Get access

Extract

(1) Two trials on the effect of copper glycine injections on the live-weight gains of suckling beef calves under commercial conditions are described.

(2) One injection supplying 120 mg. of copper increased live-weight gains by approximately 10% during the suckling and grazing period. A second injection given two months after the first gave a further positive but not statistically significant response.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1962

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

Allcroft, R., 1957. Treatment of copper deficiency in cattle and sheep by intramuscular injection of copper glycine (copper amino-acetate). Vet. Rec, 69: 785.Google Scholar
Allcroft, R., & Uvarov, O., 1959. Parenteral administration of copper compounds to cattle with special reference to copper glycine (copper amino-acetate). Vet. Rec, 71: 797.Google Scholar
Andrus, S., 1955. Determination of copper in plant materials by means of zinc dibenzyl-dithiocarbamate. Analyst, 80: 514.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cunningham, I. J., 1957. Parenteral administration of copper as cerate to cattle and sheep. N.Z. Vet. J., 5: 9.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Field, H. I., 1957. Observations on copper deficiency in cattle in East Anglia (Part I). Vet. Rec, 69: 788.Google Scholar
Harvey, J. M., & Sutherland, A. K., 1953. Parenteral copper therapy in ruminants. Aust. Vet. J., 29: 261.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Morgan, D. E., & Clegg, A., 1958. Copper deficiency in cattle in the Chipping area of Lancashire. N.A.A.S. Quart. Rev., 41: 38.Google Scholar