| Journal: | The journal of venomous animals and toxins |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000298617 |
| ISSN: | 0104-7930 |
| Authors: | Masvingwe, C1 Mavenyengwa, M2 |
| Institutions: | 1University of Zimbabwe, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Mount Pleasant, Harare. Zimbabwe 2Central Veterinary Research & Diagnostic Laboratory, Causeway, Harare. Zimbabwe |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Volumen: | 4 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Pages: | 113-119 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Experimental, aplicado |
| English abstract | Major clinical signs were depression, vomiting, abdominal pain, weakness, recumbency, paddling convulsions terminating in death from 6 to 96 hours after ingestion. Gross pathological findings included ascites with fibrin strands, enlarged, congested and friable livers with accentuation of lobulation on the capsule. Microscopically, acute hepatic congestion and hemorrhage, centrilobular hepatocyte necrosis, with occasional binucleation together with discoid lysis of skeletal and cardiac muscle fibers were remarkable changes. Binucleation of hepatocytes and degenerative changes in active muscles have not been reported before in relation to cocklebur plant toxicosis. These findings suggest that X. strumarium is a potential cause of sudden death in pigs extensively reared in Zimbabwe |
| Disciplines: | Biología |
| Keyword: | Angiospermas, Mamíferos, Toxicología, Toxicosis, Cerdos, Congestión hepática, Xanthium strumarium |
| Keyword: | Biology, Angiosperms, Mammals, Toxicology, Toxicosis, Pigs, Hepatic congestion, Xanthium strumarium |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver HTML) |
