Kalanchoe lanceolata poisoning in Brahman cattle in Zimbabwe: the first field outbreak

J S Afr Vet Assoc. 1997 Mar;68(1):18-20. doi: 10.4102/jsava.v68i1.860.

Abstract

Field outbreaks of Kalanchoe lanceolata poisoning in cattle on a commercial farm in Zimbabwe are reported. The clinical signs and pathological lesions observed in field cases resembled those reproduced in an experimental cow and were consistent with acute cardiac glycoside poisoning.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cardiac Glycosides / poisoning*
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Disease Outbreaks / veterinary*
  • Female
  • Plant Poisoning / epidemiology
  • Plant Poisoning / veterinary*
  • Plants, Toxic*
  • Zimbabwe / epidemiology

Substances

  • Cardiac Glycosides