1. Acute fatal poisoning by spontaneous ingestion of Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Mimosidae) pods in horses.
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Machado M, Miguel MP, Terra JP, Ferreira JA Jr, Riet-Correa F, and de Castro MB
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- Animals, Brazil epidemiology, Disease Outbreaks veterinary, Fatal Outcome, Fruit, Horse Diseases epidemiology, Horse Diseases pathology, Horses, Plant Poisoning epidemiology, Plant Poisoning pathology, Plant Poisoning veterinary, Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury veterinary, Fabaceae poisoning, Horse Diseases chemically induced
- Abstract
An outbreak of acute poisoning of horses by Enterolobium contortisiliquum pods is reported in the state of Goiás, Brazil. Three horses presented apathy, hyporexia, prostration, jaundice, recumbency and died in 24-48 hours. The main pathological findings were a yellowish liver with an enhanced lobular pattern, multifocal hepatic necrosis mostly in the midzones of lobules and sometimes with a random distribution across the hepatic lobes and swelling of hepatocytes. E. contortisiliquum trees has a wide distribution in South America and cases of poisoning have not been reported in horses., (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2019
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