The susceptibility of suckling lambs to zinc toxicity.
1. Suckling lambs maintained for 4 weeks on a milk-substitute diet containing 407 g Toprina yeast/kg dry matter of diet exhibited poor growth, low appetite and extensive renal damage. 2. The batch of yeast used contained 2065 mg zinc/kg. 3. The kidneys of lambs offered a milk diet supplemented with the same Zn content as the yeast-fed diet (32-1 mg Zn/1000 kJ) were similarly affected.
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D007668:Kidney / Q000032:analysis / Q000473:pathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D015032:Zinc / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity*
D015032:Zinc