Intoxicação experimental por Trema micrantha (Ulmaceae) em caprinos

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira

Sandra Davi Traverso²  André Mendes Ribeiro Corrêa²  Caroline Argenta Pescador²  Edson Moleta Colodel¹  Cláudio Estêvão Farias Da Cruz²  David Driemeier² 

[1] ,UFRGS Depto Patologia Clínica Veterinária Porto Alegre RS

关键词: Poisonous plants;    plant poisoning;    Trema micrantha;    Ulmaceae;    goats;    Plantas tóxicas;    intoxicação por plantas;    Trema micrantha;    Ulmaceae;    caprinos;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-736X2002000400003

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Green leaves of Trema micrantha were ground and mixed with water in a domestic blender and then administered by stomach tube to seven goats. One additional goat was fed ad libidum with the green leaves of T. micrantha. Clinical signs were observed in six goats that became ill 2 days after having been dosed with or fed the plant. There were five deaths, which occurred until 4 days after ingestion. Affected goats remained static during long periods and kept their heads low. Incoordination, rhythmical movements of the head, apathy, anorexia, and tenesmus were also noticed. Paddling movements and coma were seen in one goat. T. micrantha was toxic at dosages of 30 g/kg or higher. The most significant gross lesions were observed in the livers, which were yellowish, friable, and with pronounced lobular pattern. Their cut surfaces were reddened and depressed areas alternated with whitish ones. The liver of one goat was slightly but homogeneously reddened but did not show accentuated lobulation. Petechial haemorrhages in the region between the chest and scapula, in the epicardium, mediastinum and serosal membranes of the abdominal organs were also observed. The most important histologic finding was hepatic centrilobular coagulative necrosis, which was associated with congestion, haemorrhages and degenerative changes in the circumjacent hepatocytes. Additional microscopic lesions were found in the nervous system and included perineuronal and perivascular edema and swollen neurones, especially those of the frontal cortex.

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