MINERALS Flashcards
1
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Molybdenum CS
A
-causes signs of Cu deficiency: watery bubbly diarrhea, wasting, anemia, depigmentation, demyelination, osteoporosis
2
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Copper - plants
A
clover
3
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Copper MOA
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liver damage, hemolysis, MetHb
4
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Selenium - plants
A
- aster
- woody aster
- princess’s plume
- milk vetch
- goldenwood
- paintbrush
- saltbush
5
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Selenium toxicosis MOA
A
- Acute: GI irritation and respiratory signs
- Chronic: hoof and hair abnormalities
6
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Nitrate plants
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- pigweed (also soluble oxalates)
- oats (Avena sativa)
- Johnsongrass
- corn
- beet
- lamb’s quarters
- Sweet clover –> (coumarin, too)
- alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
- wheat
- sunflower
7
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Nitrate MOA - Acute
A
- GI irritation
- nitrate reduced to nitrite by nitrate reductase
- nitrite causes oxidation of ferrous iron of Hb to ferric iron and formation of MetHb
- resp. insufficiency d/t inability of blood to carry O2
- fetal methemoglobinemia and death causing abortion
8
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Nitrate MOA - chronic
A
- decreased progesterone during pregnancy and abortion
- reduced performance
