Table 1 Concentration of Cu in serum, liver and kidney, and the activities of serum GGT and GLDH in the last three cows (cows 4 to 6) to die in this copper toxicity outbreak

Kidney Cu

120

820

310

<157 μmol/kg [9]

Liver Cu

2300

2400

2700

95 – 2000 μmol/kg wet tissue [6]

GGT

201

192

299

<40 IU/l^a

GLDH

240

1258

236

<50 IU/l^a

Serum Cu

34.0

99.0

52.0

8 – 20 μmol/l [6]