“…In goats, STZ was excreted mainly as the parent drug; the N4-acetyl and 5-hydroxy derivatives accounted, respectively, for only 19 and 18% (Kinabo & Nielsen, 1986). In pigs, dogs and snails STZ is slightly hyroxylated, but in turtles the hydroxylation pathway is dominant (Kinabo & Nielsen, 1986;Vree & Hekster, 1985;Vree et al, 1987b,c). The aim of this study in new-born and adult ruminants was to clarify the plasma (and milk) disposition, the metabolic pattern, the acetylation-deacetylation equilibrium, the protein binding, and the renal clearance of sulphatroxazole as well as the renal clearance of its N4-acetyl and 5-hydroxy metabolites.…”