Twelve male 8-month-old lambs were used in a 6-month feeding experiment to determine the effects of dietary Mo, Mo + S and Zn supplements on the body retention and tissue accumulation of dietary Cu, Zn and Fe. The lambs were divided into four groups of three lambs each and each group was fed ad libitum one of four diets. A control diet was based on palm kernel cake (PKC) and grass hay. Three ad...

A 6-month experiment with nine dietary treatments was conducted to determine amounts of S plus Mo supplements required to maintain normal hepatic concentrations of Cu and Mo and to prevent chronic Cu toxicity in lambs fed palm kernel cake (PKC) diets. All diets consisted of PKC supplemented with minerals and vitamins, and with appropriate amounts per kg DM of S (level 0 or level 1 = 1 g) as sod...

The elemental composition (surface adsorbed and internalized fraction of Cu, Mo and P) in marine phytoplankton was first examined in cultures of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum which were exposed to various levels of Cu concentrations ranging from 0.25 to 16 μmol/L with equivalent free [Cu2+] concentrations of 0.4-26 nmol/L. We observed an acceleration of algal growth rates (20-40%) with i...

This study was conducted to determine the effect of Cu deficiency on acute-phase protein concentrations, superoxide dismutase activity, leukocyte numbers, and lymphocyte proliferation in heifers inoculated with live bovine herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1). Hereford × Angus heifers were allotted by weight and initial liver Cu concentrations into molybdenum (Mo)-supplemented (n = 6) or control (n = 6) group...

Through an extensive set of SQUID magnetic measurements, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and X-ray magnetic circular dichroism, we have determined the nature of the metastable photomagnetic phase in the cyano-bridged 3D network Cs(2)Cu(7)[Mo(CN)(8)](4). The photomagnetic effect is induced by the photoconversion of Mo(IV) ions in low spin (LS) configuration (S = 0) into Mo(IV) ions in high spin (...

Investigations were carried out on the feasibility of using an oral repletion technique in the rat to assess the bioavailability of copper in experimental sources providing no more than 250 micrograms Cu from any one source. Preliminary studies on the response in plasma Cu of partially Cu-depleted rats given repletion doses of 20-50 micrograms Cu as CuSO4/d on four consecutive days indicated th...

Four groups of three ram lambs were fed, in group pens, the following diets from 4 to 19 wk of age: 1) control (6 mg Cu/kg and 1 mg Mo/kg); 2) control plus 10 mg Cu/kg; 3) control plus 10 mg Mo/kg and 4) control plus 10 mg/kg of both Cu and Mo. Copper and Mo were added to the diet as copper sulfate and sodium molybdate. The main ingredients of the diets were alfalfa hay (20%), oats (20%) and co...

1. Twenty heifer calves were allocated to four groups and maintained for 32 weeks on a diet based mainly on barley and straw and containing 4 mg copper/kg. The diet was supplemented with 0 or 800 mg iron/kg and 0 or 5 mg molybdenum/kg. 2. Liver and plasma Cu concentrations, erythrocyte superoxide dismutase (EC 1.15.1.1) and plasma caeruloplasmin (EC 1.16.3.1) activities decreased greatly and ra...

supergene oxidation-leaching and secondary sulfide enrichment in the sarcheshmeh porphyry cu-mo deposit generated a supergene profile to depths of 20 to 80 meters with oxide ore reserve about 22 mt. @1.08% cu and sulfides ore [email protected]% cu. geochemical distribution and behavior of trace metals associated with cu namely mo, au, and ag in the supergene profile of the sarcheshmeh were po...