Case report

Disulfoton Poisoning of Beef Cattle

Authors

  • Gene A. Niles Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078
  • Sandra Morgan Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol35no1p66-69

Keywords:

acetylcholinesterase, beef cattle, blood chemistry, case reports, cotton, disulfoton, enzymes, insecticides, nontarget effects, poisoning, toxicity

Abstract

A herd of beef cattle routinely fed cotton industry by-products was poisoned by disulfoton-treated cotton seed that was disposed in cotton gin trash. Disulfoton is an organophosphorus insecticide. Eighteen of 48 animals died. Blood acetylcholinesterase (AChE) levels were used to determine clearance of disulfoton from the surviving animals, and to determine when the animals could be sold. At 36 days post-exposure three animals, although asymptomatic, hadAChE levels that suggested persistentAChE inhibition. At 77 days following initial exposure, AChE levels were within normal limits.

Cover image of Volume 35, No. 1 of the Bovine Practitioner: a herd of dairy cattle waiting in a milking barn

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Published

2001-01-01

Issue

Vol. 35, No. 1 (2001 January)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Case report: Disulfoton Poisoning of Beef Cattle. (2001). The Bovine Practitioner, 35(1), 66-69. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol35no1p66-69

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