Oxalate poisoning in a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
P. J. CANFIELD and R. K. DICKENS*
Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Sydney, New South Wales, 2006
*Blacktown Veterinary Clinic, Corner Wallpark Avenue and Blacktown Road, Blacktown, New South Wales, 2148.
ABSTRACT
A case of suspected acute oxalate poisoning is reported in an aged male koala. The animal had extenslve renal oxalosis and a haemorrhagic bladder wall when autopsied. The source of the oxalate was not detected.