Experiment 927173
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | IN RATION |
| Organism | Astragalus bisulcatus (FABACEAE) |
| Citation | BAKER,DC: JAMES,LF: HARTLEY,WJ: PANTER,KE: MAYNARD,HF: PFISTER,J:. (1989). TOXICOSIS IN PIGS FED SELENIUM-ACCUMULATING ASTRAGALUS PLANT SPECIES OR SODIUM SELENATE.. 50(8) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | PIGS FED ASTRAGALUS PRAELONGUS OR A.SULCATUS DEVELOPED TETRAPLEGIA, PARAPLEGIA OR HIND LIMB ATAXIA. AFTER EUTHANASIA, POLIOMYELOMALACIA, NEURONAL DEGENERATION, GLIOSIS, AND PHAGOCYTOSIS IN THE SPINAL GREY MATTER WERE OBSERVED. LIVERS HAD DIFFUSE SWELLING AND VACUOLAR DEGENERATION OF HEPATOCYTES, ATTRIBUTED TO SWAINSONINE. THE OTHER SYMPTOMS WERE ATTRIBUTED TO SELENIUM, BY COMPARISON WITH A GROUP OF PIGS FED SODIUM SELENATE. |
| Dose amount | 32.0 PPM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | PIG |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | PLANT |