Pine needle abortions in cattle due to consumption of pinus ponderosa in Argentina: case reports
Otros proyectos vinculados: Sistema Regional de Salud Animal (SIRSA) INTA Bariloche - ANPCyT PICT # 2020-01484.
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| author | Martinez, Agustin Apostolo, Romina Maria Herrera, Rodolfo Gardner, Dale Borrelli, Laura Beatriz Zabaleta, Gabriela Robles, Carlos Alejandro Ferrería, Joaquin |
| author_browse | Apostolo, Romina Maria Borrelli, Laura Beatriz Ferrería, Joaquin Gardner, Dale Herrera, Rodolfo Martinez, Agustin Robles, Carlos Alejandro Zabaleta, Gabriela |
| author_facet | Martinez, Agustin Apostolo, Romina Maria Herrera, Rodolfo Gardner, Dale Borrelli, Laura Beatriz Zabaleta, Gabriela Robles, Carlos Alejandro Ferrería, Joaquin |
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| spelling | INTA213162025-02-18T10:47:01Z Pine needle abortions in cattle due to consumption of pinus ponderosa in Argentina: case reports Abortos en agujas de pino en bovinos por consumo de pinus ponderosa en Argentina: reporte de casos Martinez, Agustin Apostolo, Romina Maria Herrera, Rodolfo Gardner, Dale Borrelli, Laura Beatriz Zabaleta, Gabriela Robles, Carlos Alejandro Ferrería, Joaquin Pinus Silvopastoral Systems Cattle Poisoning Abortion Sistemas Silvopascícolas Ganado Bovino Envenenamiento Aborto Argentina Pinus ponderosa Otros proyectos vinculados: Sistema Regional de Salud Animal (SIRSA) INTA Bariloche - ANPCyT PICT # 2020-01484. Two outbreaks of pine needle abortions in cattle are here reported for the first time in Argentina. The cases occurred in Chubut and Neuqu´en provinces in the Patagonia region, causing 29.6% and 9% of abortions in each herd respectively. In both outbreaks, the dams were in the last third of gestation, and, due to a period of cold, snow and lack of available forage, they gained access to Pinus ponderosa and Pinus contorta forests. No pathological lesions, serological, molecular, or microbiological evidence of infectious causes were observed in any of the six fetuses analyzed. Microhistological analysis of feces confirmed higher presence of fragments of Pinus spp. needles in the diet of affected dams than in that of non-affected ones (12.2 vs 3.0%). Moreover, toxicological analysis showed higher tetrahydroagathic acid in the sera of affected dams than in that of non-affected ones (10.05 vs 2.81 ppm). In addition, this acid was detected in different fetal fluids (3.6–8.1 ppm) of the six fetuses analyzed. Interestingly, isocupressic acid was detected only in needles of P. ponderosa, and its content was lower than that found in other areas of the world (0.31 and 0.5% in Chubut and Neuquén respectively). These results confirm that the consumption of P. ponderosa by dams could have been the cause of these abortion outbreaks, a fact that should be considered as differential diagnosis in abortions of cattle, especially in silvopastoral systems of Argentina. EEA Bariloche Fil: Martínez, Agustín. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Área de Producción Animal. Grupo Salud Animal; Argentina Fil: Apóstolo, Romina María. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agroforestal Esquel; Argentina Fil: Herrera, Rodolfo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Área de Producción Animal. Grupo Salud Animal; Argentina Fil: Gardner, Dale. Laboratorio de Investigación de Plantas Venenosas Logan; Estados Unidos Fil: Borrelli, Laura Beatriz. Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA). Estacion Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Laboratorio de Microhistología; Argentina Fil: Zabaleta, Gabriela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Área de Producción Animal. Grupo Salud Animal; Argentina Fil: Robles, Carlos Alejandro. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Área de Producción Animal. Grupo Salud Animal; Argentina Fil: Ferrería, Joaquin. Médico veterinario independiente; Argentina 2025-02-18T10:31:17Z 2025-02-18T10:31:17Z 2024-04-11 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/21316 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0041010124002848 A. Martinez, R. Apostolo, R. Herrera, D. Gardner, L. Borrelli, G. Zabaleta, C. Robles, J. Ferrería. Pine needle abortions in cattle due to consumption of Pinus ponderosa in Argentina: Case reports, Toxicon, Volume 242, 2024, 107712, ISSN 0041-0101, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2024.107712. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0041010124002848) 0041-0101 1879-3150 (en línea) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2024.107712 eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2023-PE-L01-I037, Desarrollo de sistemas de producción ganaderos climáticamente inteligentes para la Norpatagonia info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2023-PE-L01-I067, Mejoramiento genético y silvicultura de plantaciones para la producción sostenible de productos forestales para distintos destinos industriales info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2019-RIST-E5-I111-001, Laboratorios de Diagnóstico Veterinario 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 Argentina .......... (nation) (World, South America) 7006477 Elsevier Toxicon 242 : 107712. (May 2024) |
| spellingShingle | Pinus Silvopastoral Systems Cattle Poisoning Abortion Sistemas Silvopascícolas Ganado Bovino Envenenamiento Aborto Argentina Pinus ponderosa Martinez, Agustin Apostolo, Romina Maria Herrera, Rodolfo Gardner, Dale Borrelli, Laura Beatriz Zabaleta, Gabriela Robles, Carlos Alejandro Ferrería, Joaquin Pine needle abortions in cattle due to consumption of pinus ponderosa in Argentina: case reports |
| title | Pine needle abortions in cattle due to consumption of pinus ponderosa in Argentina: case reports |
| title_full | Pine needle abortions in cattle due to consumption of pinus ponderosa in Argentina: case reports |
| title_fullStr | Pine needle abortions in cattle due to consumption of pinus ponderosa in Argentina: case reports |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pine needle abortions in cattle due to consumption of pinus ponderosa in Argentina: case reports |
| title_short | Pine needle abortions in cattle due to consumption of pinus ponderosa in Argentina: case reports |
| title_sort | pine needle abortions in cattle due to consumption of pinus ponderosa in argentina case reports |
| topic | Pinus Silvopastoral Systems Cattle Poisoning Abortion Sistemas Silvopascícolas Ganado Bovino Envenenamiento Aborto Argentina Pinus ponderosa |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/21316 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0041010124002848 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2024.107712 |
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