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Acute lead intoxication in a pregnant mare : clinical communication | Kruger | Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
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Acute lead intoxication in a pregnant mare : clinical communication

K. Kruger, M.N. Saulez, J.A. Neser, K. Solberg

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association; Vol 79, No 1 (2008), 50-53. doi: 10.4102/jsava.v79i1.242

Submitted: 28 May 2008
Published:  28 May 2008

Abstract

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.

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