1. Urea Poisoning

4. Urea Poisoning
• Common Fertilizer
• Easily available
• Available at subsidized rates to farmers

5. Urea Poisoning
• Chemical Formula CH4N2O
• Diamide of carbonic acid
• White crystalline powder&odorless
• Easily soluble in water
• Liberates ammonia odor

6. Urea Poisoning
• Poachers use urea to kill wild animals
• Intake increases bld urea& ammonia level
• Toxic dose-100gms in cattle -10-
25gms in goats
• Blood ammonia nitrogen level reaches
0.84mg-1.3mg%
• Rumen content-780mg/100ml

7. Urea Poisoning-Symptoms
• Ammonia gas & strong soln of ammonia act as
CAUSTIC ALKALI
• Severe Colic
• Staggering gait
• Shivering
• Forced rapid breathing
• Marked Jugular Pulse
• Death after violent struggling & bellowing

8. Urea Poisoning-PM findings
•Mm. Of stomach & intestine– Hemorrhagic patches,
Ulceration & Oedema
•Liver— Enlarged, Pale & Friable
•Skin-- Blood spots[ Pin
Point]
•Heart , Thymus & Lungs--- General passive
congestion &
hyperemia.
•Kidney--- Cloudy swelling &
Necrotic foci

9. Photographs Of Gaur died of UREA POISONING

12. Urea Poisoning-Diagnosis&Lab test
• Examine stomach content
• Ph of water-7.0&urea-7.2(i.e alkaline)
• If pH of water is above 7 means, water is alkaline
in nature & it is below 7, water is acidic
• Ph paper test of ruminal fluid
• Chemical Test- Heat 5ml water sample, NH3gas
liberates & liquid turns turbid-allow it to cool.
Add 10ml of water, 1ml 10%NaOH & 0.5ml
CuSO4- Reddish violet colour develops
• 1ml sample+1mlHNO3- WHITE CRYST.ppt

14. Urea Poisoning-Treatment
• ½-1gallon 5%acetic acid(vinegar)
• CNS Depressant-Ergotamines,Barbiturates
• I/V Glucose or Cal borogluconate