Amaranthus hybridus (syn. quitensis) intoxication in cattle in Argentina: Case report
Amaranthus spp. is a nephrotoxic plant with unknown toxic principle, affecting production animals worldwide, mainly in South America. The aim of this paper is to describe 5 spontaneous outbreaks of A. hybridus intoxication in beef cattle, where 7 autopsies were performed. Main gross findings were pa...
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| author | Garcia, Juan Agustin Rustichelli Millan, Gina Scioli, Maria Valeria Britos, Gastón Morrell, Eleonora Lidia Odriozola, Ernesto Raul Micheloud, Juan Francisco Canton, German Jose |
| author_browse | Britos, Gastón Canton, German Jose Garcia, Juan Agustin Micheloud, Juan Francisco Morrell, Eleonora Lidia Odriozola, Ernesto Raul Rustichelli Millan, Gina Scioli, Maria Valeria |
| author_facet | Garcia, Juan Agustin Rustichelli Millan, Gina Scioli, Maria Valeria Britos, Gastón Morrell, Eleonora Lidia Odriozola, Ernesto Raul Micheloud, Juan Francisco Canton, German Jose |
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| description | Amaranthus spp. is a nephrotoxic plant with unknown toxic principle, affecting production animals worldwide, mainly in South America. The aim of this paper is to describe 5 spontaneous outbreaks of A. hybridus intoxication in beef cattle, where 7 autopsies were performed. Main gross findings were pale diffuse and enlarged kidneys. Microscopically, kidneys were characterized by severe tubular acute to subacute nephrosis, with dilatated tubules showing different degrees of epithelial degeneration and necrosis, and containing intraluminal eosinophilic hyaline casts. Intratubular birefringent crystals, compatible with oxalate, were observed under polarized light in kidneys from 3 autopsies. Positive von Kossa and red alizarin S staining confirmed the intratubular crystals as calcium deposits. This intoxication occurs mainly in stubble paddocks during summer and early autumn. The data from the present study suggests that oxalates were related to nephrotoxicity due to Amaranthus consumption. |
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| spelling | INTA161182023-12-05T10:27:02Z Amaranthus hybridus (syn. quitensis) intoxication in cattle in Argentina: Case report Garcia, Juan Agustin Rustichelli Millan, Gina Scioli, Maria Valeria Britos, Gastón Morrell, Eleonora Lidia Odriozola, Ernesto Raul Micheloud, Juan Francisco Canton, German Jose Plantas Tóxicas Ganado Bovino Amaranthus Hybridus Oxalatos Envenenamiento Poisonous Plants Cattle Oxalates Poisoning Amaranto Amaranthus spp. is a nephrotoxic plant with unknown toxic principle, affecting production animals worldwide, mainly in South America. The aim of this paper is to describe 5 spontaneous outbreaks of A. hybridus intoxication in beef cattle, where 7 autopsies were performed. Main gross findings were pale diffuse and enlarged kidneys. Microscopically, kidneys were characterized by severe tubular acute to subacute nephrosis, with dilatated tubules showing different degrees of epithelial degeneration and necrosis, and containing intraluminal eosinophilic hyaline casts. Intratubular birefringent crystals, compatible with oxalate, were observed under polarized light in kidneys from 3 autopsies. Positive von Kossa and red alizarin S staining confirmed the intratubular crystals as calcium deposits. This intoxication occurs mainly in stubble paddocks during summer and early autumn. The data from the present study suggests that oxalates were related to nephrotoxicity due to Amaranthus consumption. EEA Balcarce Fil: García, Juan Agustín. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Fil: Rustichelli Millán, Gina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Fil: Scioli, Maria Valeria. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Fil: Britos, Gastón. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Fil: Morrell, Eleonora Lidia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Fil: Odriozola, Ernesto Raul. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Fil: Micheloud, Juan Francisco. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Investigación Animal del Chaco Semiárido, Área de Investigación en Salud Animal; Argentina Fil: Micheloud, Juan Francisco. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. CCT Salta; Argentina Fil: Micheloud, Juan Francisco. Universidad Católica de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Veterinarias; Argentina Fil: Canton, German Jose. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. 2023-12-04T18:00:26Z 2023-12-04T18:00:26Z 2023-12 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/16118 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0041010123003446 0041-0101 (Print) 1879-3150 (Online) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2023.107533 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Toxicon 237 : 107533 (January 2024) |
| spellingShingle | Plantas Tóxicas Ganado Bovino Amaranthus Hybridus Oxalatos Envenenamiento Poisonous Plants Cattle Oxalates Poisoning Amaranto Garcia, Juan Agustin Rustichelli Millan, Gina Scioli, Maria Valeria Britos, Gastón Morrell, Eleonora Lidia Odriozola, Ernesto Raul Micheloud, Juan Francisco Canton, German Jose Amaranthus hybridus (syn. quitensis) intoxication in cattle in Argentina: Case report |
| title | Amaranthus hybridus (syn. quitensis) intoxication in cattle in Argentina: Case report |
| title_full | Amaranthus hybridus (syn. quitensis) intoxication in cattle in Argentina: Case report |
| title_fullStr | Amaranthus hybridus (syn. quitensis) intoxication in cattle in Argentina: Case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Amaranthus hybridus (syn. quitensis) intoxication in cattle in Argentina: Case report |
| title_short | Amaranthus hybridus (syn. quitensis) intoxication in cattle in Argentina: Case report |
| title_sort | amaranthus hybridus syn quitensis intoxication in cattle in argentina case report |
| topic | Plantas Tóxicas Ganado Bovino Amaranthus Hybridus Oxalatos Envenenamiento Poisonous Plants Cattle Oxalates Poisoning Amaranto |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/16118 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0041010123003446 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2023.107533 |
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