Experiment 965760
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | INTRAGASTRIC |
| Organism | Cucumis myriocarpus (CUCURBITACEAE) |
| Citation | MC KENZIE,RA: NEWMAN,RD: RAYNER,AC: DUNSTER,PJ:. (1988). PRICKLY PADDY MELON (CUCUMIS MYRICARPUS) POISONING OF CATTLE.. 65(6) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | TWENTY-SIX HEREFORD HEIFERS DIED AFTER EATING MOSTLY RIPE FRUIT OF THE TITLE PLANT. FOUR AFFECTED CATTLE WERE DEHYDRATED AND APPARENTLY HAD ABDOMINAL PAIN. NECROPSY OF THREE REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: INTENSE CONGESTION WITH HEMMORHAGE OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT, NUMEROUS SEEDS IN RUMINAL CONTENTS, PULMONARY CONGESTION AND EDEMA AND IN TWO HEIFERS, SWOLLEN LIVERS. MIDZONAL SWELLING AND VACUOLIZATION OF HEPATOCYTES OCCURRED IN THESE TWO. FRUIT FED TO TWO CALVES AT 60 GM WET WEIGHT/KG LIVE WEIGHT CAUSED BOTH TO COLLAPSE WITH TACHYCARDIA AND DYSPNOEA AND THEY DIED WITHIN 6 HOURS. OTHER SYMPTOMS WITH ADDITIONAL CALVES ARE DESCRIBED. |
| Dose amount | 40.0 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | COW |
| Per unit | KG |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | FRUIT |