Experiment 884034

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismBryophyllum fedtschenkoi (CRASSULACEAE)
CitationMC KENZIE,RA: FRANKE,FP: DUNSTER,PJ:. (1987). THE TOXICITY TO CATTLE AND BUFADIENOLIDE CONTENT OF SIX BRYOPHYLLUM SPECIES.. 64(10)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
Disease2 CALVES FED TEST PLANT BECAME DEPRESSED, WITH RUMEN ATONY, ANOREXIA, DIARRHEA AND TACHYCARDIA DURING THE FIRST 48 HRS. ONE CALF DIED 7 DAYS AFTER DOSING, THE OTHER WAS KILLED 8 DAYS AFTER. PLASMA CREATININE, UREA + GLUCOSE CONCENTRATIONS INCREASED, BUT CALCIUM, SODIUM + CHLORIDE INCREASED AT NECROPSY. BOTH CALVES HAD STRIATED HEMORRHAGES ON THE RUMEN, NECROSIS OF THE EDGES OF THE OMASAL LEAVES + PETECHIAE IN THE ABDOMINAL MUCOSA.
Dose amount20.0 GM
Number2
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalCALF
Per unitKG
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractPLANT