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Machado M, Miguel MP, Terra JP, Ferreira JA, Riet-Correa F, de Castro MB. Acute fatal poisoning by spontaneous ingestion of Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Mimosidae) pods in horses. Toxicon 2019; 168:122-125. [PMID: 31330192 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2019.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Revised: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mizael Machado
- Veterinary Pathology Laboratory, Veterinary Teaching Hospital,Via L4 Norte, Sn/, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, 70636-200, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
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- Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, UFG, Rua 235 S/n, Setor Universitário, 74605-050, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Instituto Federal Catarinense, Campus Araquari, Rodovia BR 280 - Km 27 - Cx. Postal 21, Porto Grande, 89245000, Araquari, SC, Brazil
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- Veterinary Pathology Laboratory, Veterinary Teaching Hospital,Via L4 Norte, Sn/, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, 70636-200, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
| | - Franklin Riet-Correa
- Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA), Estación Experimental INIA La Estanzuela, Ruta 50 Km 11, Colonia Del Sacramento, Colonia, Uruguay
| | - Márcio Botelho de Castro
- Veterinary Pathology Laboratory, Veterinary Teaching Hospital,Via L4 Norte, Sn/, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, 70636-200, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
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