Copper Poisoning
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- Created on: 16-08-22 17:08
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- Copper poisoning
- Definition
- leads to acute haemolysis and overexceeding renal excretion capacity
- sheep sensitive
- thought to be more common in cattle
- Clinical signs
- Acute
- depression
- colic
- collapse and death
- tucked up appearance
- Chronic
- Jaundice
- Anaemia
- depression
- rumen stasis
- diarrhoea
- recumbency
- Acute
- diagnostics
- clinical signs and hx of exposure
- PM
- jaundice
- hepatomegaly and yellow discolouration
- distended bronze kidney
- plasma Cu above 50
- Treatment
- None if haemolytic crisus occured
- remomve sources of Cu from diet
- ammonium tetrathiomolybdate
- Prevention
- NEVER feed cattle and pig concentrate to sheep - high Cu
- never graze sheep on land fertilised with pig manure
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