INVESTIGADORES
CHOLICH Luciana Andrea
artículos
Título:
Suspected natural lysosomal storage disease from ingestion of pink morning glory (Ipomoea carnea) in goats in northern Argentina
Autor/es:
RIOS E; CHOLICH L; CHILESKY GABRIELA; GARCÍA ENRIQUE N; LERTORA JAVIER; GIMENO EDUARDO J.; GUIDI, G; MUSSART, N; TEIBLER, P.G.
Revista:
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE
Editorial:
JAPAN SOC VET SCI
Referencias:
Año: 2015 vol. 77 p. 847 - 850
ISSN:
0916-7250
Resumen:
This study describes an occurrence of pink morning glory (Ipomoea carnea) intoxication in goats in northern Argentina. Clinical signs of the affected animals were ataxia, lethargy, emaciation, hypertonia of the neck muscle, spastic paresis in the hind legs, abnormal postural reactions and death. The clinico-pathologic examination revealed that the affected animals were anemic and their serum level of aspartate aminotransferase had significant increase. Cytoplasmic vacuolation in Purkinje cells and pancreatic acinar cells were observed by histological examination. Neuronal lectin binding pattern showed a strong positive reaction to WGA (Triticum vulgaris), sWGA (succinylated T. vulgaris) and LCA (Lens culinaris). Although I. carnea is common in tropical regions, this is the first report about spontaneous poisoning in goats in Argentina.