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Acute selenium poisoning from selenium-containing iron supplement in suckling pigs
Tore Sivertsen1, Anne Jørgensen, Aksel Bernhoft
1The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, PO Box 8146 Dep, 0033 Oslo, Norway.
Veterinary and Human Toxicology
|February 14, 2003
Abstract:
We report an outbreak of acute selenium poisoning among suckling pigs; 92 piglets were found dead or moribund without preceding symptoms. Necropsy revealed acute congestion of liver and small intestine. The source was a powdered iron supplement contaminated by sodium selenite.