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Thiomolybdates and the copper–molybdenum–sulphur interaction in ruminant nutrition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

A. T. Dick ,
D. W. Dewey  and
J. M. Gawthorne
A. T. Dick
Affiliation:
C.S.I.R.O., Division of Nutritional Biochemistry, Kintore Avenue, Adelaide, South Australia 5000
D. W. Dewey
Affiliation:
C.S.I.R.O., Division of Nutritional Biochemistry, Kintore Avenue, Adelaide, South Australia 5000
J. M. Gawthorne
Affiliation:
C.S.I.R.O., Division of Nutritional Biochemistry, Kintore Avenue, Adelaide, South Australia 5000
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In 1945 we reported (Dick & Bull, 1945) the first observations on the effects of molybdenum in the diet of ruminants in limiting the accumulation of copper in their tissues.

Further observations (Dick, 1952) indicated that there was a third factor which materially altered the control by molybdenum of copper accumulation and this factor, present in lucerne hay, was identified as inorganic sulphate (Dick, 1953a). It was also shown that sulphate regulated molybdenum excretion (Dick, 1953b) in the urine and hence the level of molybdenum in circulating blood (Dick, 1953c).

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 85 , Issue 3 , December 1975 , pp. 567 - 568
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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