Publication Date
1993
Description
Cadmium, present in New Zealand hill country pastures rrom Cdamended phosphatic fertiliser use, is assimilated by grazing ruminants. Concentrations of Cd in plasma from sheep grazing pastures containing low (0.1-0.2µglg dry weight) or high (0.8-1.4 µgig dry weight) levels of Cd were 0.15±0.04 nglg and 0,35:1:0.15 ng/g, respectively (P<0.08). Cadmium in pasture was highly correlated (P<0,001) with soil O.IM HCl-extractable Cd (log10 Soiled= -0.98+0.26 Plantcd).
Citation
Lee, J; Grace, N D.; Mackay, A D.; Hedley, M J.; and Rouce, J R., "Cadmium in Soil, Pasture and Grazing Ruminants" (2024). IGC Proceedings (1989-2023). 9.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1993/session20/9
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Cadmium in Soil, Pasture and Grazing Ruminants
Cadmium, present in New Zealand hill country pastures rrom Cdamended phosphatic fertiliser use, is assimilated by grazing ruminants. Concentrations of Cd in plasma from sheep grazing pastures containing low (0.1-0.2µglg dry weight) or high (0.8-1.4 µgig dry weight) levels of Cd were 0.15±0.04 nglg and 0,35:1:0.15 ng/g, respectively (P<0.08). Cadmium in pasture was highly correlated (P<0,001) with soil O.IM HCl-extractable Cd (log10 Soiled= -0.98+0.26 Plantcd).