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Failure of lactating ewes with low plasma magnesium values to respond to large daily magnesium supplements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

N. S. Ritchie  and
R. G. Hemingway
N. S. Ritchie
Affiliation:
Glasgow University Veterinary Hospital, Bearsden, Glasgow
R. G. Hemingway
Affiliation:
Glasgow University Veterinary Hospital, Bearsden, Glasgow
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1. 4 g. of Mg per day given as either magnesium oxide or magnesium nitrate failed to increase plasma magnesium levels of fourteen lactating ewes which had initial values of about 1·0 mg. Mg/100 ml.

2. Increases which were recorded 4 hr. after drenching were not sustained for the full 24 hr. period between drenches.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 60 , Issue 3 , May 1963 , pp. 305 - 306
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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