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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Autores principales: Micheloud, Juan Francisco, Colque Caro, Luis Adrián, Cholich, Luciana Andrea, Martínez, Olga Gladys, Gimeno, Eduardo Juan
Formato: Articulo Preprint
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2019
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Ciencias Veterinarias
Cattle
Mesquite pods
Neuronal damage
Nervous signs
Prosopis poisoning
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/128095
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topic Ciencias Veterinarias
Cattle
Mesquite pods
Neuronal damage
Nervous signs
Prosopis poisoning
spellingShingle Ciencias Veterinarias
Cattle
Mesquite pods
Neuronal damage
Nervous signs
Prosopis poisoning
Micheloud, Juan Francisco
Colque Caro, Luis Adrián
Cholich, Luciana Andrea
Martínez, Olga Gladys
Gimeno, Eduardo Juan
Suspected poisoning in beef cattle from ingestion of Prosopis nigra pods in north-western Argentina
topic_facet Ciencias Veterinarias
Cattle
Mesquite pods
Neuronal damage
Nervous signs
Prosopis poisoning
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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Preprint
author Micheloud, Juan Francisco
Colque Caro, Luis Adrián
Cholich, Luciana Andrea
Martínez, Olga Gladys
Gimeno, Eduardo Juan
author_facet Micheloud, Juan Francisco
Colque Caro, Luis Adrián
Cholich, Luciana Andrea
Martínez, Olga Gladys
Gimeno, Eduardo Juan
author_sort Micheloud, Juan Francisco
title 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_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_sort suspected poisoning in beef cattle from ingestion of prosopis nigra pods in north-western argentina
publishDate 2019
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/128095
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