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Chemical Poisoning In Animals. 3. Prussic Acid, H D. Seddon
Chemical Poisoning In Animals. 3. Prussic Acid, H D. Seddon
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
HYDROCYANIC or prussic acid poisoning is a serious and not uncommon ailment of ruminants, and may be a cause of rapid death when pasture plants capable of developing dangerous levels of the poison are being grazed.
Chemical Poisoning In Animals. 2. Lead, H D. Seddon
Chemical Poisoning In Animals. 2. Lead, H D. Seddon
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
LEAD is the most frequent cause of poisoning in farm animals, especially of cattle.
All animals and man are susceptible to large doses, but small repeated doses may accumulate to toxic proportions in the body.
Cattle and sheep are more susceptible to poisoning and are more likely to have access to sources of lead.