title: Ethylene glycol toxicosis in a pygmy goat.
abstract: Ingestion of ethylene glycol was responsible for severe azotemia, acidosis, and abnormal anionic gap value in a pygmy goat. Clinical signs consisted of ataxia, polydipsia, decreased rumen motility, and constipation. Nervous signs included depression, absence of menace response, vertical nystagmus, and terminal convulsions. Four days after onset of clinical signs, antidotal treatment was ineffective. Lesions and oxalate crystals in the kidney were typical of ethylene glycol or plant oxalate toxicosis in other species. Toxicologic analysis revealed ethylene glycol in the rumen content and glycolic acid in urine and ocular fluid.
authors.affiliation: California Veterinary Diagnostic Toxicology Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Boermans
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Ruegg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leach
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001259:Ataxia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D019855:Ethylene Glycol; D005026:Ethylene Glycols / Q000506:poisoning*; D005260:Female; D006041:Goats; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D005026:Ethylene Glycols; D019855:Ethylene Glycol