Abstract :
Poisoning cases in sheep must be addressed with special consideration, due to the particularities
of this species, taking into consideration the epidemiology of the habitat area and
the diet selection. The investigation must encompass a wide range of expertise and should
lead to piecing together of a ‘diagnostic puzzle’, which would include: determination of
a complete case history, clinical signs, clinicopathological findings, post-mortem findings,
results from chemical analyses and, occasionally, bioassay findings. Although these diagnostic
tools are not much different than diagnostics currently available for other animal
species, special care must be taken when sampling for a suspected toxicant in sheep.
