VPT 421: Veterinary Toxicology (2+0)

CLINICAL SYMPTOMS AND PM LESIONS

Clinical symptoms

• Poisoning with inorganic mercury exhibits stomatitis, pharyngistis, vomiting, diarrhoea, dehydration and shock.
• Oliguria and azoturia are also observed. With organic mercurial toxicity, erythema of the skin, conjunctivitis, lachrymation, stomatitis and neurological seizures are reported.
• A condition known as mercurial ptyalism, has been reported in humans.
• The symptoms observed in this condition include profuse salivation, swelling of the gums, loosening of the teeth and necrosis of jaw bones.  

PM Lesions

• Gastrointestinal ulcers, necrotic enteritis and colitis are noticed during post mortem.
• Pale and swollen kidney with renal tubular necrosis and fibrinoid degeneration of cerebral arterioles are also noticed.