Abstract
Salt poisoning in livestock especially in coastal area is due to tidal upsurge which caused huge mortality. Acute salt poisoning was happened in sheep, Noakhali coastal area. The cases of poisoning were diagnosed on the basis of history, clinical signs including abnormal enlargement below the jaw and surrounding of the eye, thirst, diarrahoea in early stage, nervous signs like tremor, circling and followed by electrolyte analysis of serum of affected and non-affected sheep, water and soil of that particular region. The electrolytes including magnesium, potassium and chloride were tested using commercial kits through biochemical analyzer (Humalyzer 3000®). Upon analysis, serum magnesium (2.28±.62 vs 1.05±.44 mEq /dl; case vs control); potassium (2.35±.06 vs 1.9±.08 mmol/l; case vs control); and chloride (121.9±4.51 vs 112.58±4.29 mmol/l; case vs control) levels were found higher in affected sheep than non-affected sheep. In conclusion, serum electrolytes imbalance in sheep caused from acute salt toxicity.
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