Acute lead intoxication in a pregnant mare : clinical communication
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Acute lead intoxication in a pregnant mare : clinical communication | |
| Creator | Kruger, K. Saulez, M.N. Neser, J.A. Solberg, K. | |
| Description | Lead (Pb) intoxication in horses is usually a chronic phenomenon with clinical signs associated with central nervous dysfunction. This report gives details of a case of acute Pb intoxication in a 9-year-old American Saddlebred mare with severe, progressive and ultimately fatal neurological deterioration. During the 4 days of hospitalisation, clinical signs progressed from intermittent headshaking and depression to severe, continuous, uncontrollable manic behaviour. At autopsy, three grey-coloured, hard metal particles were present in the gastrointestinal tract and subsequently found to contain 2614 ppm Pb. Lead concentrations in the brain, liver, stomach and kidney were 29, 4, 6 and 2 ppm wet weight, respectively. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2008-05-28 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jsava.v79i1.242 | |
| Source | Journal of the South African Veterinary Association; Vol 79, No 1 (2008); 50-53 2224-9435 1019-9128 | |
| Language | eng | |
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