Iron toxicity syndrome in piglets
Diagnosis
Clinical history of sudden death of 0-7 day piglets within 1-12 hours of giving Fe injection, or vomiting/ diarrhoea/ dyspnoea/ coma and death up to 3 days; selenium deficiency in sow.
Specimens required
- 10 ml of heparinized blood from sow(s), submitted chilled for selenium analysis.
- Piglet for post mortem examination and differential diagnosis.