Spontaneous and experimental poisoning of cattle by Palicourea aeneofusca in the region of Pernambuco and induction of conditioned food aversion

• Published in: Ciência rural Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 138 - 143
• Main Authors: Brito, Luiz Bezerra de, Albuquerque, Raquel Feitosa, Rocha, Brena Pessoa, Albuquerque, Samuel Salgado, Lee, Stephen Tomas, Medeiros, Rosane Maria Trindade, Riet-Correa, Franklin, Mendonça, Fábio de Souza
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Santa Maria Universidade Federal de Santa Maria Centro de Ciencias Rurais 01.01.2016; Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
• Subjects: Agriculture; AGRONOMY; Animals; Body weight; Cattle; cloreto de lítio; Conditioning; Edema; Epidemiology; Experiments; Farms; Food; Food aversion; Food consumption; Ingestion; Laboratories; Lithium; Lithium chloride; monofluoroacetato; morte súbita; Municipalities; Palicourea; plantas tóxicas; Poisoning; Brazil; Atlantic Forest; United States > US; toxic plants; sudden death; lithium chloride; monofluoroacetate; plantas tóxicas; cloreto de lítio; morte súbita; monofluoroacetato

The objective of this study was to describe the epidemiological, clinical, and pathological aspects of Palicourea aeneofusca poisoning in cattle in the region of Pernambuco, Brazil and to determine if it is possible to induce food aversion by P. aeneofusca poisoning in cattle raised under extensive...