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Lead levels in tissues and stomach contents of poisoned cattle: a fifteen-year survey

Abstract

During the period 1954 to 1969, samples of ingesta, liver, or kidney from 175 cattle which died of lead poisoning were analyzed for lead content. The average lead levels, and the extremes, were: ingesta, 3427 ppm (zero to 146,200 ppm); liver, 43 ppm (zero to 1300 ppm); and kidney, 137 ppm (two to 2355 ppm). There were no relationships between ingesta levels of lead and levels in the tissues tested. Taken with published results of natural and experimental lead poisoning in other cattle, the data indicate that the mere presence of lead in kidney (or liver) and ingesta should lead to a presumptive diagnosis of lead poisoning in cattle which die with signs, lesions, and histories characteristic of lead poisoning. Diagnosis may be confirmed by proof of access to, or ingestion of, a source of lead.
Publication Date:
Oct 01, 1969
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-85-025620
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Can. Vet. J.; (Canada); Journal Volume: 10:10
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; LEAD; TOXICITY; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BUILDUP; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DEATH; DIAGNOSIS; KIDNEYS; LIVER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UPTAKE; ANIMALS; BODY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISTRIBUTION; DOMESTIC ANIMALS; ELEMENTS; GLANDS; MAMMALS; METALS; ORGANS; RUMINANTS; VERTEBRATES; 560305* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Vertebrates- (-1987)
OSTI ID:
6238005
Research Organizations:
Univ. of Guelph, Ontario
Country of Origin:
Canada
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: CNVJA
Submitting Site:
HEDB
Size:
Pages: 258-262
Announcement Date:
Dec 01, 1984

Citation Formats

Hatch, R C, and Funnell, H S. Lead levels in tissues and stomach contents of poisoned cattle: a fifteen-year survey. Canada: N. p., 1969. Web.
Hatch, R C, & Funnell, H S. Lead levels in tissues and stomach contents of poisoned cattle: a fifteen-year survey. Canada.
Hatch, R C, and Funnell, H S. 1969. "Lead levels in tissues and stomach contents of poisoned cattle: a fifteen-year survey." Canada.
@misc{etde_6238005,
title = {Lead levels in tissues and stomach contents of poisoned cattle: a fifteen-year survey}
author = {Hatch, R C, and Funnell, H S}
abstractNote = {During the period 1954 to 1969, samples of ingesta, liver, or kidney from 175 cattle which died of lead poisoning were analyzed for lead content. The average lead levels, and the extremes, were: ingesta, 3427 ppm (zero to 146,200 ppm); liver, 43 ppm (zero to 1300 ppm); and kidney, 137 ppm (two to 2355 ppm). There were no relationships between ingesta levels of lead and levels in the tissues tested. Taken with published results of natural and experimental lead poisoning in other cattle, the data indicate that the mere presence of lead in kidney (or liver) and ingesta should lead to a presumptive diagnosis of lead poisoning in cattle which die with signs, lesions, and histories characteristic of lead poisoning. Diagnosis may be confirmed by proof of access to, or ingestion of, a source of lead.}
journal = []
volume = {10:10}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Canada}
year = {1969}
month = {Oct}
}