Experiment 927178
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Quercus agrifolia (FAGACEAE) |
| Citation | KINDE,H:. (1988). A FATAL CASE OF OAK POISONING IN A DOUBLE-WATTLED CASSOWARY (CASUARIUS CASUARIUS).. 32(4) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A CASSOWARY DIED AFTER A COURSE OF DIARRHEA, ANOREXIA AND POLYDYPSIA. PROLAPSE OF THE PENIS, SEVERE ENTERITIS AND SWELLING OF THE KIDNEYS WITH SUPCAPSULAR HEAVY DEPOSITS OF URATES WERE NOTED. NEPHROSIS, INTERSTITIAL EDEMA OF THE MUSCLE AND SLOUGHING OF INTESTINAL VILLI WERE ALSO NOTED. LIVE OAK LEAVES WERE COLLECTED FROM THE GIZZARD. OAK TANNIN POISONING WAS DIAGNOSED BASED ON RENAL LESIONS AND HIGH TANNIN CONTENT IN LIVER. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | CASSOWARY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | LEAVES |