SALT POISONING

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 962, 3 May 1930, Page 31

SALT POISONING

AN UNUSUAL CASE TAKEN FROM TROUGHS Salt poisoning is somewhat rare in 5he «P’ J. Legs, D.V.Sc., of the Queensland Department of Agriculture, 'filing in the Australian Veterinary OBrnal, mentions a recent occurrence ahnm 9 cn°i nditioll ln a motl ’ involving ahn.il on,? 631 * 18 ' sheep, comprising .» "which 90 per cent,, were tbe rem ainder mms. were m southern Queensland to »®- About half-way they were Bllmh d aQ ri spelled, after which a Z r . we « noticed to be sick, secnmT I. ~t hs occurring during the ha >f of the journey, li hmi r « arrival deaths continued about J Subsequent to which the f»!mai! radUally recovered. The sick moTp <„ ap f oa i' ed dull, disinclined to vopv twi rained somewhat, and were Aiti- ™ ts. Diarrhoea was marked. analv=i» Poß i mortem examination, alj m ' en . ° r th e contents of the titi»« „. ary ,, tract showed large quanunioai s . odlum chloride. In the first c.c nf u. ■■ KKimmes of salt to 1,000 r u»en U ,i? matter were found in the she«„' f? e only place at which the at thf Zazr*?*. access to salt and if .. “ a lf'Way trucking yards, there .A 8 on,y after the untrucking 'trotur at anything was noticed to be these , Heav y mins had fallen at 'IB L , i ust before the sheep i>?en u«eH°f ded ' The troughing had Mr r 5 f ° r ‘ravelling stock, doubt n,.* s ays, “there seems little had be, 8a “— Probably rock salt— Use of P ace d in the troughs for the a™*'***. The heavy rains had 'fourth,. Is ingredient, of which the stroiis' r Probably contained fairly been wax , ns - The sheep having tuturoliv , Ut water for some time, *Ufr i, ,? rank freely from the first . “® yards, and so became of olafL 11 alrowa clearly the danger es Peciallv s in Sal P ln " pen troughs, aQ imalß ln Places where thirsty the n rp -.„ ay have access to it, as in tjjl after heavy rains