Copper toxicity in confinement-housed ram lambs.
Fourteen Suffolk rams (6 mo) were diagnosed with chronic copper poisoning. Preliminary results indicated that a combination of serum aspartate aminotransferase, gamma glutamyltransferase, and copper could be used as a test so that high risk lambs could be treated more aggressively.
Lewis
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Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.
Fallah-Rad
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Connor
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ML
D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D003300:Copper / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood / Q000633:toxicity*; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D006799:Housing, Animal / Q000592:standards*; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011041:Poisoning / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000097:blood
D003300:Copper; D003404:Creatinine; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D001663:Bilirubin