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Mating sheep on red clover swards field lab
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<blockquote data-quote="Global ovine" data-source="post: 7756753" data-attributes="member: 493"><p>The possibility of copper poisoning occurring in some copper efficient sheep breeds is definitely not a Red Clover specific problem, but is a feature of all clover species and many of the legumes. This is because such forage species take up more trace elements than grasses from the soil. Therefore these legumes will contain the bulk of the copper in what sheep ingest irrespective of the soil Cu level. Sheep selectively graze if given the opportunity with legumes high on their preference list, therefore Cu blood levels will be higher where this occurs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Global ovine, post: 7756753, member: 493"] The possibility of copper poisoning occurring in some copper efficient sheep breeds is definitely not a Red Clover specific problem, but is a feature of all clover species and many of the legumes. This is because such forage species take up more trace elements than grasses from the soil. Therefore these legumes will contain the bulk of the copper in what sheep ingest irrespective of the soil Cu level. Sheep selectively graze if given the opportunity with legumes high on their preference list, therefore Cu blood levels will be higher where this occurs. [/QUOTE]
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