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The teart pastures of Somerset: I. The cause and cure of teartness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

W. S. Ferguson ,
A. H. Lewis  and
S. J. Watson
W. S. Ferguson
Affiliation:
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Jealott's Hill Research Station, Bracknel, Berks
A. H. Lewis
Affiliation:
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Jealott's Hill Research Station, Bracknel, Berks
S. J. Watson
Affiliation:
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Jealott's Hill Research Station, Bracknel, Berks
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The scouring of cattle and sheep caused by the teart pastures of central Somerset is due to the presence of molybdenum in the herbage in amounts varying from about 20 to 100 parts per million in the dry matter.

The scouring can be prevented and cured by feeding or drenching with copper sulphate. A daily dose of 2 g. copper sulphate for cows and 1 g. for young stock, is sufficient to cure and prevent the scouring on very teart land. Less copper sulphate may be enough on mildly teart land.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , January 1943 , pp. 44 - 51
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1943

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