Chronic pancreatitis in farmed pigs fed excessive zinc oxide

Most of the pigs on a farm in Aichi Prefecture, Japan had chronic diarrhea and severe wasting. The pigs had consumed 8,000 ppm zinc oxide (ZnO) as a feed additive. The pancreas of each of 4 autopsied pigs was less than half the normal size. Acinar cells were considerably decreased. Epithelial duct–l...

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Published in:J Vet Diagn Invest
Main Authors: Komatsu, Tetsuya, Sugie, Kennosuke, Inukai, Naoko, Eguchi, Osamu, Oyamada, Toshifumi, Sawada, Hiroshi, Yamanaka, Noriko, Shibahara, Tomoyuki
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: SAGE Publications 2020
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Brief Communication
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7488960/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32715990
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1040638720944368
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