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Biomolecules

Question
CBSEENBI11024926

Cattle fed with spoilt hay of sweet clover which contains dicumarol

  • are healthier due to a good diet

  • catch infections easily

  • may suffer vitamin K deficiency and prolonged bleeding

  • may suffer from beri-beri due to deficiency of vitamin B1

Solution

C.

may suffer vitamin K deficiency and prolonged bleeding

Dicumarol is an anticoagulant found in spoilts sweet clover causes hemorrhage and other symptoms of bleeding disorder by disrupting vitamin K metabolism and preventing the activation of prothrombin and certain other clotting factors by the liver.