Question : Cattle fed with spoilt hay of sweet clover which contains d

1.	Question : Cattle fed with spoilt hay of sweet clover which contains dicumarol.
Answer» Are healthier DUE to a diet Catch INFECTIONS easily May suffer vitamin K deficiency and prolobged bleeding May suffer from beri due to deficiency of B vitamins. Solution :A better understanding of the MODE of action of vitamin K is made possible by the use of an anti coagulant.One such naturally occurring antagonist of vitamnin K is KNOWN as Dicumarol.The discovery of the anti-Coagulating property of Dicumarol took place when it was established that consumption of improperly cured sweet clover hay caused cattle to develop the so-called "sweet clover disease"which is attributable to a SERIOUS alternation in the coagulability of the blood that,in turn often result in fatal haemorrhage.

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