TY - JOUR T1 - Oral Administration of Lasalocid Causes Peripheral Neuropathy in Sprague Dawley Rats:Effect of Water Salinity on Lasalocid-induced Peripheral Neuropathy AU - , Asim Kart AU - , Stanley Leon Vanhooser AU - , Subbiah Sangiah JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 4 IS - 8 SP - 719 EP - 722 PY - 2005 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2005.719.722 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2005.719.722 KW - Lasalocid KW -ataxia KW -neurotoxicity KW -heat stress KW -salinity AB - Lasalocid toxicity was associated with several neurotoxicity cases in animal species. Incidence of lasalocid neurotoxiciy shows a higher rate in chickens during heat stress with increased water salinity. In the present study, It studied the effect of lasalocid with or without 0.9 % NaCl in male Sprague Dawley. The rats were given 0, 10, 20, 40 mgkgG of lasalocid two times a day for 3 days with or without 0.9 % saline in the 1 drinking water. Rats showed ataxia in the 20 and 40 mgkgG dose groups with higher death rate in group 1 receiving 40 mgkgG of lasalocid. Dietary salt did not affect ataxia induced by lasalocid. While the optimum dose 1 to produce ataxia (without high mortality) appears to be 20 mgkgG of lasalocid, increasing salinity of water has 1 no effect on the neurotoxicity of lasalocid. ER -