Cobalt deficiency in pastured sheep in the south-western Cape Province.
Annually recurrent illthrift and mortalities in a small flock of pastured sheep at the Regional Veterinary Laboratory, Stellenbosch were cured by the supplementation of cobalt. The similarities between acute cobalt deficiency and ovine white liver disease are discussed.
Regional Veterinary Laboratory, Stellenbosch, Republic of South Africa.
D J
DJ
Schneider
E W
EW
Heine
J R
JR
Green
D000818:Animals; D003035:Cobalt / Q000172:deficiency*; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D013019:South Africa
D003035:Cobalt