coumestrol

Caution required if mating on lucerne this year

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Posted of behalf of Prof Derrick Moot My email has been running hot the last couple of weeks with lucerne growers asking whether it is safe to mate their ewes/hoggets on lucerne this autumn. The question is moot…..the wet weather has increased the risk of the plant producing the phyto-oestrogen* coumesterol. This compound reduces the … Read more

Causes of elevated coumestrol content in lucerne

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Rachel Fields presented her PhD exit seminar on Friday 14th July at Lincoln University’s Field Research Centre (FRC). This video is a shortened version of that seminar presenting her main research findings. The topic of Rachel’s PhD was ‘Causes of elevated coumestrol in lucerne and mitigation of the subsequent risk to ewe reproductive performance’Coumestrol is … Read more