Effect of a long acting injectable Vitamin B12 on the
Vitamin B12 status of the suckling lamb
N.D. Grace
AgResearch Grasslands, Private Bag 11008, Palmerston North
Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production. 1999, 59: 166-168
Treatment of lambs with a long acting microencapsulated
injection of 3mg and 6mg Vitamin B12 at 3 to 4 weeks of
age, at docking, will increase and maintain their Vitamin B12
status for at least 120 days. This new product has the advantage over
intraruminal Co bullets which can only be administered to 10 to 12 week
old lambs with a functional reticulorumen while the injectable water
soluble Vitamin B12 is only effective for about 4 weeks and a
Co drench is effective for about 10 days.
Keywords: NZSAPAB;
sheep; Co deficiency; long acting Vitamin B12 .
Last Updated 06-08-1999
