Ascorbic acid as suspected cause of oxalate nephrotoxicosis in a goat

J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1990 Dec 15;197(12):1626-8.

Abstract

Oxalate nephrotoxicosis was determined, by renal biopsy, to be the cause of azotemia in a goat. The origin of the oxalate was determined to be a high concentration of ascorbic acid that had been administered parenterally to the goat. Ascorbic acid has been documented as a cause of oxalate nephrotoxicosis in human beings.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Ascorbic Acid / adverse effects*
  • Ascorbic Acid / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy / veterinary
  • Female
  • Goat Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Goat Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Goats
  • Kidney / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney / drug effects
  • Kidney / pathology
  • Mastitis / drug therapy
  • Mastitis / veterinary
  • Oxalates / adverse effects*
  • Ultrasonography
  • Uremia / chemically induced
  • Uremia / diagnostic imaging
  • Uremia / veterinary*

Substances

  • Oxalates
  • Ascorbic Acid