title: Pesticide toxicosis in the horse.
abstract: Toxicosis from pesticides rarely occurs in horses and is usually the result of inappropriate pesticide use or handling by humans. Organophosphorus and carbamate insecticides inhibit acetylcholinesterase and are the insecticide class most frequently associated with toxicosis in domestic animals. Metaldehyde is a molluscicide, and zinc phosphide is a rodenticide, both of which have caused toxicosis in horses. All three of these pesticides affect the nervous system of horses and can be fatal if not treated promptly.
authors.affiliation: Arkansas Diagnostic Laboratory, Livestock and Poultry Commission, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. kpluml@arlpc.org
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Plumlee
mesh_terms: D000079:Acetaldehyde / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000506:poisoning; D000818:Animals; D002219:Carbamates; D002802:Cholinesterases / Q000378:metabolism; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006736:Horses; D007306:Insecticides / Q000506:poisoning; D008975:Molluscacides / Q000506:poisoning; D010575:Pesticides / Q000506:poisoning*; D010720:Phosphines / Q000506:poisoning; D012378:Rodenticides / Q000506:poisoning; D017967:Zinc Compounds / Q000506:poisoning
chemical_list: D002219:Carbamates; D007306:Insecticides; D008975:Molluscacides; D010575:Pesticides; D010720:Phosphines; D012378:Rodenticides; D017967:Zinc Compounds; C002935:metaldehyde; C009701:zinc phosphide; D002802:Cholinesterases; D000079:Acetaldehyde