title: Accidental salinomycin intoxication in calves.
abstract: Twenty-four 10- to 16-week-old calves in a dairy herd in Birjand, Iran, inadvertently received an excessive dose of salinomycin mixed with barley grain. There was 58% mortality within 10 d. The calves had high serum AST, LDH, and CK activities; histopathologic lesions in myocardium, liver, and kidneys; and clinical signs associated with acute and congestive heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Sciences, Birjand University, Iran.
authors.forename: Arash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Omidi
authors.forename: Mohammad R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Aslani
authors.forename: Ahmad R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Movassaghi
authors.forename: Mehrdad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohri
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dadfar
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed / Q000506:poisoning; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000401:mortality; D003049:Coccidiostats / Q000506:poisoning*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D007492:Iran; D011714:Pyrans / Q000506:poisoning*; D000095662:Polyether Polyketides
chemical_list: D003049:Coccidiostats; D011714:Pyrans; C010327:salinomycin; D000095662:Polyether Polyketides