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Deficiências de cobre e cobalto em bovinos e ovinos em algumas regiões do Brasil

1971; Embrapa Informação Tecnológica; Volume: 6; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

1678-3921

Carlos Hubinger Tokarnia, Jorge A. Guimarães, Camillo F. C. Canella, Jürgen Döbereiner,

Iron Metabolism and Disorders

The studies consisted in collecting the history of diseases possibly caused by mineral deficiencies, clinical observations and examinations of cattle and sheep, post-mortem examinations, histopathological studies, and in copper and cobalt determinations of liver samples. Copper deficiency was revealed in the coastal area of the Municipio de Campos in the northern part of the State of Rio de Janeiro, in the area in Santa Catarina located between the Serra do Mar and the Atlantic Ocean, in the Municipio de Jaciara, State of Mato Grosso, in the agreste of the State of Piaui and in the forest area of the Municipio de Macapa, Territory of Amapa. Cobalt deficiency was revealed in northern Espirito Santo and in the forest area of the Municipio de Macapa, Territory of Amapa.