| Literature DB >> 19245625 |
Ra McKenzie1, An Gordon, Bg Burren, Ja Gibson, Mp Gardner.
Abstract
Nitrate-nitrite poisoning killed four adult alpacas and induced the abortion of a full-term fetus after access to oaten hay (Avena sativa) containing 3.2% KNO(3) equivalent in dry matter. Necropsy findings were cyanosis, dark-coloured blood, and pulmonary congestion and oedema. Aqueous humour from two adults contained 25 mg NO(3)/L and that from the fetus contained 10 mg NO(3)/L. Cyanide poisoning possibly killed two adult wether alpacas that ate a garden-cultivated variety of Osteospermum ecklonis (South African daisy, bietou) with a cyanide potential of 6800 mg HCN/kg dry matter.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19245625 DOI： 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2009.00400.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Aust Vet J ISSN： 0005-0423 Impact factor: 1.281