Secadera

Abstract

Wasting diseases of nutritional origin in domestic livestock are infrequently seen under systems of modern management. They are seen, however, in animals grazed under extensive management systems, particularly in cattle maintained solely on tropical forages grown on low-fertility acidic soils. Secadera is one of the wasting diseases which occur in the South American tropics1,2,3,4. This report, which further characterizes the disease and its treatment, is based on research conducted in the oxisol savannas of the Altillanura, the least fertile area of the Llanos Orientales (Eastern Plains) of Colombia.