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| Correction of Copper Deficiency Animals |
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method of correcting copper deficiency in livestock is to treat the
soil on which animals graze. For example, in Australia and New Zealand
swayback in lambs is being prevented by top dressing copper deficient
pastures with 5 to 10 kg copper sulphate per hectare some time before
lambing begins. Other methods include drenching periodically with
a copper sulphate solution; incorporating copper sulphate in salt
and other animal licks; or by what is probably the most general method,
incorporating copper sulphate along with other minerals and vitamins
in the form of carefully blended supplements in the feeding stuffs.
Stimulation of growth for fattening pigs and broiler chickens
The inclusion of up to as much as 0.1% copper sulphate in the diet
of bacon and pork pigs and broiler chickens stimulates appetite and
produces increased growth rate with a marked improvement in feed conversion.
A molluscicide for the destruction of slugs and snails, particularly
the snail host of the liver fluke
All likely habitats of the liver fluke snail should be treated with
copper sulphate at the rate of 25 kg to the hectare at least twice
a year in June and August (northern hemisphere) or December and February
(southern hemisphere). |
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