VLD 421: Veterinary Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnosis-II (0+1)

FUNGICIDES

Appreciation and Differentiation of Symptoms caused by Fungicides

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Pentachlorophenol (PCP)

Nervousness, weakness, muscle tremors, anorexia, lethargy followed by hyper pyrexia, cyanosis, collapse, terminal convulsions and death. Signs of dermal exposure include erythema, dermatitis and acne. Hyperkeratosis also develops. Chronic exposure: Fever, Abortions, still birth, foetal malformations and anemia.