AIIMS AIIMS Solved Paper-2004

  • question_answer
    Cattle fed with spoilt hay to sweet clover which contains dicumarol:

    A)  are healthier due to good diet

    B)  catch infections easily

    C)  may suffer vitamin K deficiency and prolonged bleeding

    D)  may suffer from beri-beri due to deficiency of vitamin B

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Dicumarol is a natural anti-coagulant. Its anticoagulent property was discovered, when cattles who consumed improperly cured sweet clover hay suffered by sweet clover disease. In this disease cattle suffer by vitamin-K deficiency which resulted into prolonged bleeding or even fatal haemorrhage.


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