Acute fluoride toxicosis in beef cattle

Authors

  • K. G. Bischoff Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078
  • W. C. Edwards Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078
  • James Fearer Oakland Branch Animal Health Laboratory, Maryland Department of Agriculture, Oakland, Maryland 21550

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol33no1p1-3

Keywords:

diagnosis, fluorosis, pathology, poisoning, symptoms

Abstract

Acute fluoride toxicosis, though less common than chronic fluorosis, occurs occasionally in cattle. Nine cows out of a herd of 15 became weak and ataxic, and three died on a pasture where utility poles had been treated with a fluoride-containing compound. After postmortem examination, two of the three dead animals were diagnosed with hemorrhagic gastroenteritis consistent with acute fluoride toxicosis. Diagnosis of fluoride toxicosis was based on history, clinical signs, gross lesions, and fluoride concentration in urine and rumen content.
Cover image of Volume 33, No.1 of the Bovine Practitioner, which depicts four different types of bovine practice under the banner "The Journal for All Bovine Practitioners": a photo from a dairy farm provided by Dr. Jim Jarrett of Rome, GA; a photo of a cow-calf practice provided by Dr. Larry Rice of San Antonio, TX; a stocker photo provided by Dr. Bob Smith of Stillwater, OK; and a feedlot photo provided by Mike Hunter of Texas County Feedyard, Guymon, OK

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Published

1999-01-01

How to Cite

Bischoff, K. G., Edwards, W. C., & Fearer, J. (1999). Acute fluoride toxicosis in beef cattle. The Bovine Practitioner, 33(1), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol33no1p1-3

Issue

Vol. 33, No. 1 (1999 January)

Section

Articles