brachiaria/anemia

The investigation was developed with 80 female guinea pigs weighing about hundred grams. housed in groups of 15 or 20 animals. The daily treatments were: Brachiaria sp. (Tanner Grass), Brachiaria sp. (Tanner Grass) and meal, Brachiaria decumbens Stapf and the grass Napier. The guinea pigs fed on

Hematological studies were developed on two mares and twelve adults castrate sheeps of "Ideal" breed. The animals had been on a pasture formed with Brachiaria radicans Napper for one and two months respectively. This experiment was developed in winter time, so the leaves of the graminea had a

A group of six adult cows Holstein-Frision was left grazing on a pasture formed exclusively with Brachiaria radicans Napper. This investigation was was undertaken during the rather dry winter with the graminea showing a low nitrat content. The animals failed to present any of the typical simptoms of