Although the epidemiological and clinical-pathological aspects of poisoning by Tetrapterys spp. have been extensively studied, the pathogenesis remains obscure and the toxic principle is still unknown. Further, spongy degeneration lesions of the central nervous system can eventually occur in...

This article describes the clinical signs and diagnosis of natural and experimental ethanol poisoning in cattle in Piraí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [date not given]. Although waste beer yeast is used in cattle feeding, it can also lead to intoxication.

This article describes the clinical signs of snake bite vs. poisonous plant ingestion in livestock in Brazil.

This chapter presents the poisonous plants affecting livestock in Central America, with emphasis on Panama. The data presented here were obtained from field surveys and necropsies in 1994-95, 2000-01 and 2009. Only plants that induce spontaneous intoxication on livestock raised under range...

The epidemiology, clinical signs and pathology of Brachiaria spp. poisoning in cattle, sheep and goats in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, are reported. The survey was conducted during research on spontaneous outbreaks of poisoning from 1996 to 2008. There were 32, 21 and 2 outbreaks in cattle, sheep...

Four switchgrass cultivars (Trailblazer, Cave-in-Rock, Summer, and Kanlow) were grown at the University of Nebraska Agricultural Research and Development Center. Each cultivar was hand-harvested to a 10 cm stubble height on 3 July 2002. Five Panicum maximum samples were collected on 4 February 2005 ...

The clinical signs and postmortem features in 2 cows and 2 sheep experimentally poisoned with lethal doses (0.5 and 1.0 mg sodium monofluoroacetate) are described. Poisoned animals showed tachycardia, dyspnoea and slight loss of equilibrium as swaying and reluctance to stand. The cattle developed a ...