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- Title
Rhododendron simsii poisoning in goats in Southern Brazil.
- Authors
Vargas Junior, Sérgio Farias; Marcolongo-Pereira, Clairton; Halinski-Silveira, Dênis; Grecco, Fabiane Borelli; Raffi, Margarida Buss; Schild, Ana Lucia; Viégas Sallis, Eliza Simone
- Abstract
This study describes the natural poisoning of goals by Rhododendron simsii in Southern Brazil. Five of eight goats died after ingesting branches of plants, which were pruned and placed near the goats. Clinical signs observed were restlessness, shrill bleating, profuse regurgitation, looking and kicking at the flank, a loss of balance, irregular gait, staggering, and opisthotonos. At necropsy or histopathology affected goats had not showed lesions. Two goats were fed with 21.5g kg-1 bw and 30g kg-1 bw of fresh leaves of R. simsii. Both goals developed signs similar to those naturally affected goats. These findings indicated that R. simsii is highly toxic and lethal to goats.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; RHODODENDRONS; FOOD poisoning; GOAT diseases; AUTOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY
- Publication
Ciência Rural, 2014, Vol 44, Issue 7, p1249
- ISSN
0103-8478
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0103-8478cr20131331