Suspected avocado (Persea americana) poisoning in goats

Suspected avocado (Persea americana) poisoning in goats

A herd of 15 Cameroon goats was suspected of having" been poisoned by eating leaves of the Fuerte variety of avocado pear (Persea americana). Two of the affected goats were examined clinically, while necropsies were carried out on 3 of the 4 that had died. The most significant clinical findings...

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Main Authors: P. Stadler, I. B.J. van Rensburg, T. W. Naudé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 1991-12-01
Series:Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
Subjects:
avocado poisoning
persea americana (fuerte strain)
goats
cardiomyopathy
Online Access:https://jsava.co.za/index.php/jsava/article/view/1788
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spelling doaj-06fc6924cec74efd953b95326437772e2020-11-25T02:55:58ZengAOSISJournal of the South African Veterinary Association1019-91282224-94351991-12-0162418618810.4102/jsava.v62i4.17881418Suspected avocado (Persea americana) poisoning in goatsP. Stadler0I. B.J. van Rensburg1T. W. Naudé2Department of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of PretoriaDepartment of Pathology, University of PretoriaDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of PretoriaA herd of 15 Cameroon goats was suspected of having" been poisoned by eating leaves of the Fuerte variety of avocado pear (Persea americana). Two of the affected goats were examined clinically, while necropsies were carried out on 3 of the 4 that had died. The most significant clinical findings were tachycardia, hyperpnoea and evidence of lung oedema. At necropsy severe lung oedema, hydrothorax and hydropericardium were present. Severe myocardial degeneration, necrosis and fibrosis were the major histopathological findings.https://jsava.co.za/index.php/jsava/article/view/1788avocado poisoningpersea americana (fuerte strain)goatscardiomyopathy
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author P. Stadler
I. B.J. van Rensburg
T. W. Naudé
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I. B.J. van Rensburg
T. W. Naudé
Suspected avocado (Persea americana) poisoning in goats
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
avocado poisoning
persea americana (fuerte strain)
goats
cardiomyopathy
author_facet P. Stadler
I. B.J. van Rensburg
T. W. Naudé
author_sort P. Stadler
title Suspected avocado (Persea americana) poisoning in goats
title_short Suspected avocado (Persea americana) poisoning in goats
title_full Suspected avocado (Persea americana) poisoning in goats
title_fullStr Suspected avocado (Persea americana) poisoning in goats
title_full_unstemmed Suspected avocado (Persea americana) poisoning in goats
title_sort suspected avocado (persea americana) poisoning in goats
publisher AOSIS
series Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
issn 1019-9128
2224-9435
publishDate 1991-12-01
description A herd of 15 Cameroon goats was suspected of having" been poisoned by eating leaves of the Fuerte variety of avocado pear (Persea americana). Two of the affected goats were examined clinically, while necropsies were carried out on 3 of the 4 that had died. The most significant clinical findings were tachycardia, hyperpnoea and evidence of lung oedema. At necropsy severe lung oedema, hydrothorax and hydropericardium were present. Severe myocardial degeneration, necrosis and fibrosis were the major histopathological findings.
topic avocado poisoning
persea americana (fuerte strain)
goats
cardiomyopathy
url https://jsava.co.za/index.php/jsava/article/view/1788
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