Toxicity resulting from lead compounds in veterinary practice

Lead is a common source of poisoning in veterinarymedicine_. It may be the cause of accidental poisoning زor the poisoning may result from the therapeutic use of’ some lead compounds.The present work aimed at introducing and stressing the value and use of some modern screening and moni toting tests for the detection of early st ages of unusual leadexposure or poisoning in animals. In the mean time wetimed at the study of the various toxicological effects of lead in goats. br>Fourteen clinically heal thy, mature female goats (randomly chosen) ageing from 15 to 21 months and weighing <from l5~5 to 21 kg. were the subject of our study~ TheyWere subjected to regular clinical, haematological and biochemical exam.Ina’t Lon.a, Post - mor-t em examination was immediately done tor animals dying throughout the experiment and at the end of the experiment for the other remaining animals.For h i.s to