title: Chronic fluoride poisoning in sheep.
abstract: Chronic fluoride poisoning in sheep and cattle was diagnosed on a farm in the Vredenburg district, Cape Province, and confirmed by laboratory analysis. The source of the poisoning was pastures contaminated with rock phosphate dust containing 2,1 to 3,3% of fluoride emitted from a fertilizer factory. Tabulated analyses of blood, liver, bone, pasture and water are given.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005458:Fluoride Poisoning / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005459:Fluorides / Q000032:analysis; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D005459:Fluorides