Acute enteritis and deaths in sheep from Salmonella hindmarsh associated with oral dosing with zinc oxide

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Madam:– The administration of zinc salts to sheep at the time they are exposed to spores of Pithomyces chartarum will reduce the amount of liver damage from the mycotoxin contained in these spores.(7)(10)(11) It is a recommended practice in facial eczema susceptible areas of New Zealand.(9) We wish to report a suspected outbreak of salmonellosis that occurred only in a ZnO-dosed group of trial animals and suggest that there may be an association between ZnO administration and salmonellosis.