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MELVILLE et al.1 have shown that strains of New Zealand white clover (Trifolium repens) may contain up to 0.033 per cent hydrogen cyanide. It occurred to me that such a concentration might be lethal to internal parasites of sheep.
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Melville, J., Coop, I. E., Doak, B. W., and Reifer, I., N.Z. J. Sci. and Tech., 22 B, 144 (1940).
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TETLEY, J. Inhibition of Populations of Hæmonchus contortus in Sheep fed on White Clover (Trifolium repens) High in Lotaustralin. Nature 171, 311 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/171311a0
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