Zinc chromate poisoning in calves

Authors: Harrison DL, Staples ELJ
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 3, Issue 2, pp 63-73, Jun 1955
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Cattle, Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant
Subject Terms: Poisoning - chemical, Toxicology, Trace elements, Minerals/elememts
Article class: Scientific Article

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Abstract:

Losses in dairy cattle have occurred recently in which the clinical symptoms and general postmortem picture would suggest that an irritant poison was the cause of death. In these particular cases, zinc chromate paste had been used in the vicinity of the stock concerned just prior to the first mortalities. It was therefore reasonable to suggest that, in addition to the more common stock poisons, tests for zinc chromate should be made on the specimens submitted for toxicological examination.

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