Please enable JavaScript.

Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.

Copper toxicity in Sheep, Hew Fang Rong, Ng Yoong Chin, Chaveewan …

- - - - Stressful situations, such as transportation, rough handling, deprivation of food for a short period or a spell of bad weather may precipitate copper poisoning
      - increased housing of ewes, increased use of breeds susceptible to copper poisoning
    - - Copper is essential for life. It is required for normal iron metabolism, synthesis of elastin and collagen, melanin production and integrity of the central nervous system
      - Sheep require about 5 ppm (parts per million or mg/kg) of Cu in their total diet. Toxicity can occur at levels above 25 ppm.