Aortic rupture in ostrich associated with copper deficiency
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S L Vanhooser1, E Stair, W C Edwards
1Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74076-7001.
Veterinary and Human Toxicology
|June 1, 1994
Abstract:
Four cases of aortic rupture in ostrich associated with deficient levels of copper in the liver are presented. The aortic lesions are consistent with vascular lesions described in turkeys and chickens with copper deficiency.