An unusual occurrence of toxaphene poisoning in swine.
Ten of 15 sows developed an acute nervous disorder that resembled the effects of water deprivation-salt poisoning. However, a unique set of circumstances had permitted the environmental persistence of a toxaphene-lindane insecticide combination for approximately 1 month, with toxaphene toxicosis resulting. The diagnosis was based on the lack of lesions of salt poisoning and the finding of 4 ppm of toxaphene in the cerebellum and 0.3 ppm of toxaphene in the serum of 1 of the 2 sows that died.
D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D005260:Female; D007306:Insecticides / Q000506:poisoning*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014112:Toxaphene / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*
D007306:Insecticides; D014112:Toxaphene