Enzootic calcinosis in horses grazing Solanum glaucophyllum in Argentina
| Autor: | Juan Francisco Micheloud, Rubén D. Caffarena, Fortunato B. Iseas, Ernesto Odriozola, Germán J. Cantón, Federico Giannitti, Eduardo Juan Gimeno, Alejandro Martin Rodriguez, Pedro Gardey, José J. Bodega |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine Enzootic calcinosis Veterinary medicine 040301 veterinary sciences Argentina Solanum glaucophyllum POISONING Diagnosis Differential 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences Calcinosis Ruminant Grazing medicine Animals Horses equine ENZOOTIC CALCINOSIS Plant Poisoning TOXIC PLANTS General Veterinary biology Ciencias Veterinarias 030111 toxicology Monogastric Outbreak toxic plants 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences biology.organism_classification medicine.disease poisoning Plants Toxic EQUINE Toxic plants Enzootic Female Horse Diseases purl.org/becyt/ford/4.3 [https] Brief Communications SOLANUM GLAUCOPHYLLUM purl.org/becyt/ford/4 [https] |
| Zdroj: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas instacron:CONICET |
| ISSN: | 1943-4936 1040-6387 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1040638717746447 |
| Popis: | Solanum glaucophyllum, a toxic plant known for its calcinogenic effects, causes enzootic calcinosis in ruminant and monogastric animals. We describe an outbreak of enzootic calcinosis that occurred in a herd of 110 horses grazing pastureland heavily contaminated with S. glaucophyllum in Buenos Aires province, Argentina. Ten horses developed clinical signs, and 6 horses died. Clinical signs included abnormal gait (stiff-legged action, short strides), stiffness, thoracolumbar kyphosis, reluctance to move, wide stance, chronic weight loss, weakness, recumbency, and difficulty standing. Autopsy of 2 horses revealed severe mineralization of the aorta, pulmonary arteries, heart, and lungs, consistent with enzootic calcinosis. Although horses usually have very selective grazing behavior, under food restriction conditions, they can ingest the toxic plants and can develop the disease. Enzootic calcinosis should be considered as a differential diagnosis in horses grazing S. glaucophyllum–invaded pasturelands with compatible clinical signs and lesions. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias |
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