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Skeletal abnormalities in young horses associated with zinc toxicity and hypocuprosis
Author(s) -
EAMENS G. J.,
MACADAM J. F.,
LAING E. A.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1984.tb05989.x
Subject(s) - toxicity , zinc , zinc toxicity , biology , veterinary medicine , medicine , physiology , chemistry , organic chemistry
SUMMARY Four young horses grazing pastures near industrial plants developed illthrift, lameness and skeletal abnormalities characterised by periarticular enlargement of the long bones. The clinical signs and lesions were attributed to hypocuprosis induced by an excessive intake of zinc from pasture. High pasture intakes of iron may have further compounded the problem.