Background: Iron toxicosis is rarely reported in horses and chronic excessive oral iron intake has not been reported to cause clinical symptoms in equids. Objectives: This case series describes 21 genetically unrelated horses and one donkey with chronic iron overload causing haemochromatosis and...

Although iron deficiency anaemia is the most common problem of dietary supplementation in some animals, effects of iron overdose on health are still neglected in veterinary medicine. Acute iron poisoning (usually with dramatic clinical signs) occurs primarily in dogs as a result of accidental...

Six adult male ponies were utilized to evaluate the potential of excess dietary iron to cause hepatic lesions similar to those described in horses with suspected iron toxicosis or haemochromatosis. Four ponies received 50 mg of iron/kg (22.7 mg/lb) of body weight each day by oral administration of...

Mn, Fe and Co have important metabolic functions. Under- and over-supply up to lethal intoxications, environmental load and misuse of doping are potential health problems. Systematic studies on Mn, Fe and Co in horse hair are missing. The aim of the study was in German riding horses to analyze...

Acute and, particularly, chronic copper exposures, along with defects in hepatic copper metabolism, altered excretion of copper, and/or nutritional imbalances between copper and other trace elements, can lead to hepatic accumulation of copper and primary copper toxicosis. There is interspecies...

This study was conducted to determine the influence of environmental factors on toxic and nontoxic element levels (iron, copper, zinc, lead and cadmium) in blood of horses and dogs from a Turkish industrial area. Lead mines and metal industries were situated in this area. Samples of water, plants...

Heavy metals are generally classified as basic groups of pollutants that are nowadays found in different environmental compartments. This is quite a large group of contaminants, which have different characteristics, effects on the environment and sources of origin. For environment pose the greatest ...

The aim of the study was to evaluate the Fe, Zn and Cu concentration changes in the course of endotoxin tolerance in horses (n=10). The study involved 8 clinically healthy mares subjected to 4 intravenous (i.v.) injections with 0.1 µg/kg b.w. of LPS from Escherichia coli - 3 times at 24 h intervals ...