title: Poisoning of dairy heifers by mercurous chloride.
abstract: Mercury poisoning was diagnosed in four dairy heifers, three of which died. The clinical signs were variable and included salivation, excessive thirst, extreme depression and severe diarrhoea. Postmortem examinations revealed inflammation and ulceration of the alimentary tract, pulmonary and cardiac haemorrhages, pallor of the kidney cortices and perirenal oedema. The kidney mercury concentrations were in the range 58 to 91 micrograms/g wet tissue. It is believed that the animals were poisoned by the ingestion of soil contaminated with mercurous chloride.
authors.affiliation: Lasswade Veterinary Laboratory, Penicuick, Midlothian.
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Stuart
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Munro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Livesey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D017669:Mercury Compounds; D008630:Mercury Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000506:poisoning; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D017669:Mercury Compounds; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D008628:Mercury; C015728:calomel