Lead, Arsenic, Mercury and Selenium are common metals that cause toxicosis in livestocks / animals. Source, clinical signs and treatment options discussed in this post.
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Animals are frequently exposed to xenobiotics such as agro-chemicals, metallic and non-metallic compounds, mycotoxins and other environmental pollutants
Deficiency Disease of Poultry are vitamins, folic acid, copper, zinc, iron, manganese, selenium, etc.
Puppies fail to thrive and ultimately die soon after birth. There is neonatal death up to 2 weeks of age, commonly between days 3rd to 5th after birth.
Colostral immunity failure or Passive immunity failure in neonates is the failure of immune system (IgG, IgM and IgA) in young ones.
Neonatal infections in animals is common cause of mortality in neonates especially by bacterial and viral infection. Neonatal death mostly caused by enteric and respiratory infection.
New born hypothermia mostly noticed in lambs and piglets. Hypothermia and Hypoglycemia are the common cause for the neonatal mortality and these two are closely interrelated.
Neonatal hypoxia in animals is the type of brain damage due to lack of oxygen to the brain before or shortly after birth.
Diseases of Neonates in Animals are Hypothermia, Hypoglycemia, Starvation, Septicemia, etc.
Biotin (Vitamin H) and Choline Deficiency is not commonly seen in animals clinically. Biotin is needs for carbohydrate metabolism, fatty acid synthesis, amino acid deamination, purine synthesis and nucleic acid metabolism.
