AIIMS 2008
- Exam
- AIIMS
- Year
- 2008
- Subject
- Zoology
- Chapter
- Body Fluids and Circulation
AIIMS 2008 · Zoology · Body Fluids and Circulation
Cattle fed with spoilt hay of sweet clover which contains dicumarol
Cattle fed with spoilt hay of sweet clover which contains dicumarol
Options
- Aare healthier due to a good diet
- Bcatch infections easily
- Cmay suffer vitamin deficiency and prolonged bleeding
- Dmay suffer from beri-beri due to deficiency of vitamin .
Correct answer
C. may suffer vitamin deficiency and prolonged bleeding
Step-by-step solution
Dicumarol is an anticoagulant found in spoilts sweet clover causes hemorrhage and other symptoms of bleeding disorder by disrupting vitamin metabolism and preventing the activation of prothrombin and certain other clotting factors by the liver.