ZINC TOXICOSIS IN A DOG SECONDARY TO INGESTION OF PENNIES

  1. Norman Ackerman DVM1,*,
  2. Crispin P. Spencer DVM1,
  3. Stephen F. Sundlof DVM, PhD2,
  4. Harvey L. Partridge DVM1

Article first published online: 19 MAY 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.1990.tb01855.x

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Veterinary Radiology

Veterinary Radiology

Volume 31, Issue 3, pages 155–157, May 1990

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Ackerman, N., Spencer, C. P., Sundlof, S. F. and Partridge, H. L. (1990), ZINC TOXICOSIS IN A DOG SECONDARY TO INGESTION OF PENNIES. Veterinary Radiology, 31: 155–157. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.1990.tb01855.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida and the Riviera Animal Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida

  2. 2

    Department of Physiologic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida and the Riviera Animal Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida

* and reprint requests to Norman Ackerman, DVM, Box J-126 JHMHC, Gainesville, FL 32610

  1. College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida Journal Series No. 185

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 19 MAY 2005
  2. Article first published online: 19 MAY 2005
  3. Received February 13, 1989; accepted for publication March 14, 1989.

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Zinc poisoning was identified in a 4-year-old dog secondary to ingestion and gastric retention of two pennies. The pennies were identified radiographically and were observed to dissolve almost completely over a 2-day period. The dog died 2 days after laparotomy and gastrotomy. Renal tubular necrosis and hepatic degeneration were identified histologically. Radiologists should be aware of the potential for intoxication from pennies and zinc nuts when these foreign objects are retained in the stomach.

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