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Molybdenum Toxicity in the Rabbit^{1, 2,}

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Department of Animal Husbandry and Nutrition, Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, Gainesville

Dutch rabbits were fed molybdenum added as sodium molybdate (Na₂MoO₄·2H₂O) to a commercial ration. When 0.1% or more molybdenum was fed, gross toxic symptoms were produced. The toxic syndrome was characterized by anorexia, loss of weight, alopecia, dermatosis, anemia and death. In some young rabbits a deformity of the front legs developed. The addition of copper to the ration prevented the development of toxicity and the administration of copper caused rapid recovery in rabbits with severe toxic symptoms.

² Supported in part by a grant from the Nutrition Foundation, Inc., New York, N. Y.

Manuscript received 5 June 1953.