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Cattle fed with spoilt hay to sweet clover, which contains dicumarol |
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a) |
Are healthier due to a good diet |
b) |
Catch infections easily |
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c) |
May suffer vitamin-K deficiency and prolonged bleeding |
d) |
May suffer from beri-beri due to deficiency of vitamin–B |
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Cattle fed with spoilt hay to sweet clover, which contains dicumarol |
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a) |
Are healthier due to a good diet |
b) |
Catch infections easily |
|
c) |
May suffer vitamin-K deficiency and prolonged bleeding |
d) |
May suffer from beri-beri due to deficiency of vitamin–B |
(c)
Dicumarol is a natural anticoagulant. Its anticoagulant property was discovered, when cattles who consumed improperly cured ‘sweet clover hay’ was suffered by ‘sweet clover diseases’ In this disease, cattle suffer by vitamin-K deficiency, which resulted into prolonged bleeding or even fatal haemorrhage.