Experiment 904751
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | IN RATION |
| Organism | Phalaris species (POACEAE) |
| Citation | LEAN,IJ: ANDERSON,M: KERFOOT,MG: MARTEN,GC:. (1989). TRYPTAMINE ALKALOID TOXICOSIS IN FEEDLOT SHEEP.. 195(6) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | PHALARIS STAGGERS, A CHRONIC NEUROLOGIC CONDITION, WAS FOUND IN SHEEP FED RATIONS CONTAMINATED WITH TRYPTAMINE ALKALOIDS. 28 SHEEP DIED AMONG THE AFFECTED GROUP. GAIT ABNORMALITIES, MUSCULAR TREMOR, NYSTAGMUS, DEPRESSED PLACING REFLEXES, HEAD NODDING AND CONVULSIONS WERE OBSERVED. GRAY-GREEN DISCOLORATION OF THE BRAIN IN THE REGION OF THE GENICULATE NUCLEI AND THE PONTINE NUCLEI. KIDNEYS WERE ALSO DISCOLORED. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | SHEEP |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | PLANT |