Possible Mechanism of Urea Toxicity in Ruminants.
- 1 May 1955
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 89 (1) , 112-114
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-89-21730
Abstract
Intravenous injection with 6 g, oral administration with 25 g or abdominal injection with 20 g of ammonium carbamate proved fatal to ruminating lambs. The toxicity produced was very similar to acute urea toxicity in ruminants. It is proposed that acute urea toxicity in ruminants is not due to ammonia per se but to ammonium carbamate as conditions exist in the rumen after the oral administration of urea which would lead to the formation of ammonium carbamate.Keywords
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