Intoxication by Prosopis juliflora pods (mesquite beans) in cattle and goats in Northeastern Brazil

• Published in: Poisonous Plants and Related Toxins pp. 341 - 346
• Main Authors: Tabosa, I. M, Riet-Correa, F, Simões, S. S. D, Medeiros, R. M. T, Nobre, V. M. T
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, UK CABI Publishing 2004; CABI
• Subjects: America; angiosperms; animals; Artiodactyla; Bos; Botany & plant sciences; Bovidae; Capra; cattle; chemical composition; chemical constituents of plants; Chordata; clinical aspects; clinical picture; Community of Portuguese Language Countries; Developing Countries; disease distribution; disease prevalence; epidemiology; eudicots; eukaryotes; Fabaceae; Fabales; goats; histopathology; Latin America; mammals; Mimosoideae; plant composition; plants; pods; poisoning; poisonous plants; Prosopis; Prosopis juliflora; reviews; ruminants; South America; Spermatophyta; Threshold Countries; toxic plants; toxicity; Toxicology (non-medical); toxicosis; vertebrates; Brazil
• ISBN: 9780851996141; 0851996140
• DOI: 10.1079/9780851996141.0341

The epidemiology, clinical signs, pathology and active substances in intoxication of cattle and goats in northeastern Brazil are reviewed.