Industrial chemicals and the horse.
Poisoning resulting from exposure to a wide variety of industrial chemicals is not a common occurrence in horses, but it does happen on occasion. A wide range of toxicosis can occur from a wide range of industrial pollutants, such as dioxin, carbon tetrachloride, and tetrachloroethylene, to heavy metals, such as cadmium and zinc. The equine practitioner must consider industrial chemical toxicosis in differential diagnoses and work with a reputable veterinary diagnostic laboratory to confirm or rule out industrial chemical poisoning.
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Center for Life Sciences and Toxicology, Chemistry and Life Sciences Unit, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA. jwspoo@rti.org
D000818:Animals; D002252:Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004147:Dioxins / Q000506:poisoning*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000506:poisoning*; D000075322:Heavy Metal Poisoning; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006736:Horses; D013750:Tetrachloroethylene / Q000506:poisoning*
D004147:Dioxins; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D013750:Tetrachloroethylene