Technical note: Photosensitisation jaundice syndrome in West African Dwarf sheep and goats grazed on Brachiaria decumbens

In a dry season grazing trial with Brachiaria decumbens cv. Basilisk at Ibadan in southwest Nigeria, 14 from a group of 36 West African Dwarf sheep, and 1 from a group of 16 goats, died. The main clinical and post-mortem findings were signs of photosensitisation and jaundice. Further investigation o...

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Autor principal: Opasina, B.A.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1985
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/27930
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description In a dry season grazing trial with Brachiaria decumbens cv. Basilisk at Ibadan in southwest Nigeria, 14 from a group of 36 West African Dwarf sheep, and 1 from a group of 16 goats, died. The main clinical and post-mortem findings were signs of photosensitisation and jaundice. Further investigation of the effect of the grass on ruminant production in Nigeria would be required.
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spelling CGSpace279302025-11-12T04:26:45Z Technical note: Photosensitisation jaundice syndrome in West African Dwarf sheep and goats grazed on Brachiaria decumbens Opasina, B.A. animal feeding sheep goats livestock feeds In a dry season grazing trial with Brachiaria decumbens cv. Basilisk at Ibadan in southwest Nigeria, 14 from a group of 36 West African Dwarf sheep, and 1 from a group of 16 goats, died. The main clinical and post-mortem findings were signs of photosensitisation and jaundice. Further investigation of the effect of the grass on ruminant production in Nigeria would be required. 1985 2013-04-22T08:15:36Z 2013-04-22T08:15:36Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/27930 en Open Access application/pdf Tropical Grasslands;19(3): 120-123
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Technical note: Photosensitisation jaundice syndrome in West African Dwarf sheep and goats grazed on Brachiaria decumbens
title Technical note: Photosensitisation jaundice syndrome in West African Dwarf sheep and goats grazed on Brachiaria decumbens
title_full Technical note: Photosensitisation jaundice syndrome in West African Dwarf sheep and goats grazed on Brachiaria decumbens
title_fullStr Technical note: Photosensitisation jaundice syndrome in West African Dwarf sheep and goats grazed on Brachiaria decumbens
title_full_unstemmed Technical note: Photosensitisation jaundice syndrome in West African Dwarf sheep and goats grazed on Brachiaria decumbens
title_short Technical note: Photosensitisation jaundice syndrome in West African Dwarf sheep and goats grazed on Brachiaria decumbens
title_sort technical note photosensitisation jaundice syndrome in west african dwarf sheep and goats grazed on brachiaria decumbens
topic animal feeding
sheep
goats
livestock
feeds
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