An acute case of iron toxicity on newborn piglets from Vitamin E/Se deficient sows

• Autores: Jaime I. Velásquez, Diego Aranzazu Taborda
• Localización: Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuarias, ISSN-e 0120-0690, Vol. 17, Nº. 1, 2004, págs. 60-62
• Idioma: inglés
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  • A 270 sow herd cut down feed costs by lowering Vitamin E and Selenium that was changed from an organic to an inorganic form. Several months later two week newborn batches were affected by a deadly hemorragic clinical entity developed 6 hours after a normal iron dextran injection. The brand of the iron came from a 2 year supplier, a world renown manufacturer. A therapeutic diagnosis was applied satisfactorily.