Table 1

Copper status in a red deer herd. Mean and range of serum copper (μg/ml), mean and range of live weights (kg) of adult hinds and calves, and copper administration; by month 2000 to 2003.
Month
 Serum copper [Range]
 Weights of adult hinds [Range]
 Weights of calves [Range]
 Copper administration
January 2000
 0.31 (N = 23) [<0.10–0.86]
 82 (N = 12) [67–94]
 38 (N = 7) [27–45]
 x1
March 2000
 0.84 (N = 27) [0.30–1.10]

x2
April 2000
90 (N = 13) [70–102]
 48 (N = 7) [42–55]
May 2000
 0.92 (N = 23) [0.66–1.20]


September 2000
 0.25 (N = 20) [<0.10–0.62]

x1
November 2000


x1
January 2001
 0.91 (N = 19) [0.30–2.00]
 92 (N = 14) [72–102]
 40 (N = 3) [38–45]
 x1
May 2001


x1,3
September 2001
 1.08 (N = 24) [0.70–1.66]

x3
January 2002
 0.77 (N = 12) [0.61–0.99]
 108 (N = 12) [94–126]
 53 (N = 8) [51–58]
 x3
May 2002
 1.11 (N = 21) [0.78–1.60]

x3
September 2002
 1.00 (N = 26) [0.34–1.50]

x3
January 2003
104 (N = 16) [81–120]
 64 (N = 10) [57–74]
 x3

x1 Copper capsules; Copacaps®, Rhône Merieux Limitid, Harlow, Essex, UK.

x2 Copper injectable; Coprin®, Mallinckrodt Veterinary Ltd, Breakspear Road South, Harefield, Middlesex, UK

x3 From May 2001 the herd was fed continuously with concentrates containing 300 mg Cu per kg, 1/2 kg per head per day

Handeland et al. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:8   doi:10.1186/1751-0147-50-8