Monensin poisoning in buffalo feedlot from Argentina
The aim of this paper was to describe a case of accidental monensin poisoning of feedlot domestic buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) in northeastern Argentina. Clinical signs included anxiety facie with orthopneic position, teeth grinding, diarrhea, muscular weakness, depression and recumbency. In monensin i...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional de La Plata |
| Repositorio: | SEDICI (UNLP) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/116176 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/116176 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Ciencias Veterinarias Buffaloes Cardiomyopathy Myotoxicosis Monensin Toxicity Búfalos Miocardiopatía Miotoxicosis Monensina Toxicidad |
| Sumario: | The aim of this paper was to describe a case of accidental monensin poisoning of feedlot domestic buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) in northeastern Argentina. Clinical signs included anxiety facie with orthopneic position, teeth grinding, diarrhea, muscular weakness, depression and recumbency. In monensin intoxicated animals, a significant increase of creatine phosphokinase and aspartate aminotransferase was observed. At postmortem examination, buffaloes consistently had pale areas that were irregularly distributed in cardiac and skeletal muscles, hydrothorax, congestion and oedema of the lung. Dege-neration and necrosis of the myocardium and skeletal muscle was observed by histological examination. Feed analysis revealed toxic levels of monensin; therefore, ionophore toxicosis was diagnosed. Accordingly, it is required great caution when feeding buffaloes with monensin used as a feed additive. |
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