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Foremilk and bovine mastitis
Authors:DSM Phillips MSc  DP Whiteman  HTM Walker
Institution:Ruckura Agricultural Research Centre , Hamilton
Abstract:Abstract

Lambs grazing cobalt-deficient pastures and injected with hydroxocobalamine gained significantly more weight and excreted significantly less methylmalonic acid in the urine than untreated controls. Lambs with liver vitamin B12 levels in the range 0.1–0.2?g/g excreted less than 25 ?g of methylmalonic acid per ml of urine, whereas lambs with liver vitamin B12 concentrations of less than 0.1 ?g/g excreted greater amounts. Lambs in both groups had serum vitamin B12 concentrations less than 500 pg/ml.

No consistent diurnal variation in urinary methylmalonic acid concentrations was found for four lambs studied.

There was a decrease in the methylmalonic acid levels of urine after storage for more than 24 hours which could be prevented by acidification of the urine.

A mean urinary methylmalonic acid concentration greater than 30 ?g/ml for 10 animals randomly selected from a flock would indicate a cobalt deficiency in the flock as a whole.
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