Suspected poisoning in beef cattle from ingestion of Prosopis nigra pods in north-western Argentina
The aim of this paper was to present the first report of Prosopis nigra poisoning of cattle in Argentina. Outbreaks occurred in five farms located in Salta and Santiago del Estero provinces. All animals were examined, euthanized and necropsied. Clinical signs included tongue protrusion, twitches and...
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| author | Micheloud, Juan Francisco Colque Caro, Luis Adrian Cholich, Luciana Andrea Martínez, Olga Gladys Gimeno, Eduardo Juan |
| author_browse | Cholich, Luciana Andrea Colque Caro, Luis Adrian Gimeno, Eduardo Juan Martínez, Olga Gladys Micheloud, Juan Francisco |
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| description | The aim of this paper was to present the first report of Prosopis nigra poisoning of cattle in Argentina. Outbreaks occurred in five farms located in Salta and Santiago del Estero provinces. All animals were examined, euthanized and necropsied. Clinical signs included tongue protrusion, twitches and tremors of muscles of mastication, weight loss and lethargy. Severe atrophy of the masseter, buccinator and lingual muscles was observed, along with neuronal vacuolation in the nuclei of the trigeminal, facial, and hypoglossus nerves. These findings and the clinical signs are consistent with results obtained in animals, spontaneously and experimentally intoxicated with Prosopis juliflora in previous studies. Several species of this genus are native to Argentina. Farmers should be warned about the suspected toxicity by Prosopis nigra, since this species has wide geographical distribution in the country |
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| spelling | INTA44852019-02-22T17:20:17Z Suspected poisoning in beef cattle from ingestion of Prosopis nigra pods in north-western Argentina Micheloud, Juan Francisco Colque Caro, Luis Adrian Cholich, Luciana Andrea Martínez, Olga Gladys Gimeno, Eduardo Juan Prosopis Nigra Envenenamiento Ganado Bovino Trastornos del Sistema Nervioso Síntomas Poisoning Cattle Nervous System Diseases Symptoms The aim of this paper was to present the first report of Prosopis nigra poisoning of cattle in Argentina. Outbreaks occurred in five farms located in Salta and Santiago del Estero provinces. All animals were examined, euthanized and necropsied. Clinical signs included tongue protrusion, twitches and tremors of muscles of mastication, weight loss and lethargy. Severe atrophy of the masseter, buccinator and lingual muscles was observed, along with neuronal vacuolation in the nuclei of the trigeminal, facial, and hypoglossus nerves. These findings and the clinical signs are consistent with results obtained in animals, spontaneously and experimentally intoxicated with Prosopis juliflora in previous studies. Several species of this genus are native to Argentina. Farmers should be warned about the suspected toxicity by Prosopis nigra, since this species has wide geographical distribution in the country Instituto de Investigación Animal Chaco Semiarido Fil: Micheloud, Juan Francisco. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Investigación Animal Chaco Semiarido; Argentina. Universidad Católica de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Veterinarias; Argentina Fil: Colque Caro, Luis Adrian. Universidad Católica de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Cátedra de Patología General y Especial; Argentina Fil: Cholich, Luciana Andrea. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Martínez, Olga Gladys. Universidad Nacional de Salta, Salta. Cátedra de Diversidad de las Plantas; Argentina Fil: Gimeno, Eduardo Juan. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Cátedra de Patología General, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina 2019-02-22T17:15:50Z 2019-02-22T17:15:50Z 2019-01 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/4485 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0041010118310237?via%3Dihub 0041-0101 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2018.11.302 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Elsevier Toxicon 157 : 80-83. (January 2019) |
| spellingShingle | Prosopis Nigra Envenenamiento Ganado Bovino Trastornos del Sistema Nervioso Síntomas Poisoning Cattle Nervous System Diseases Symptoms Micheloud, Juan Francisco Colque Caro, Luis Adrian Cholich, Luciana Andrea Martínez, Olga Gladys Gimeno, Eduardo Juan Suspected poisoning in beef cattle from ingestion of Prosopis nigra pods in north-western Argentina |
| title | Suspected poisoning in beef cattle from ingestion of Prosopis nigra pods in north-western Argentina |
| title_full | Suspected poisoning in beef cattle from ingestion of Prosopis nigra pods in north-western Argentina |
| title_fullStr | Suspected poisoning in beef cattle from ingestion of Prosopis nigra pods in north-western Argentina |
| title_full_unstemmed | Suspected poisoning in beef cattle from ingestion of Prosopis nigra pods in north-western Argentina |
| title_short | Suspected poisoning in beef cattle from ingestion of Prosopis nigra pods in north-western Argentina |
| title_sort | suspected poisoning in beef cattle from ingestion of prosopis nigra pods in north western argentina |
| topic | Prosopis Nigra Envenenamiento Ganado Bovino Trastornos del Sistema Nervioso Síntomas Poisoning Cattle Nervous System Diseases Symptoms |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/4485 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0041010118310237?via%3Dihub https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2018.11.302 |
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