Spontaneous poisoning by Senna occidentalis in a holstein heifer in the state of Paraná, Brazil / Intoxicação espontânea por Senna occidentalis em bovino no estado do Paraná, Brasil
Orlandini, Carla Faria; Alberton, Luiz Romulo; Boscarato, André Giarola; Steiner, Denis; Martins, Wiliam Del Conte; Mello, Paulo Victor Buck; Ribeiro, Rita de Cássia Lima.
Acta sci. vet. (Impr.)
; 43(supl): 1-5, Aug. 14, 2015. ilus
Artículo
en Portugués
| VETINDEX | ID: biblio-1457382
Background:
Senna occidentalis, commonly known as coffee senna or coffee weed, is the species of the genus Senna with the most reports of poisoning in bovines. The animals are poisoned by ingesting the plant or its parts, being the seeds the most toxic part, and the poisoning may occur in bursts or isolated, causing myopathy and causing significant mortality in bovines, especially in the southern regions of Brazil. The main clinical signs consist of muscle weakness and tremor, difficulty in walking, incoordination, permanent sternal decubitus, myoglobinuria and death, and the lesions found are mainly located in skeletal muscle. Due to the small number of cases of spontaneous poisoning reported, and the severity of such, the objective was to report epidemiological, clinical, and pathological aspects, observed in an isolated case of spontaneous poisoning by S. occidentalis in a Holstein heifer in the State of Paraná, southern Brazil.Case A 20-month-old Holstein heifer presented clinical signs suggestive for muscular degeneration, such as permanent sternal decubitus, muscle tremors and dark colored urine. The presence of the plant in the farm where the animal was, together with the macroscopic and microscopic changes posteriorly observed, accounted for the diagnosis. The treatment used was not effective and the animal died three days after the first clinical manifestations...
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Ubicación: BR68.1
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