Hemorrhagic diathesis in cattle due to consumption of Adiantopsis chlorophylla (Swartz) Fee (Pteridaceae).

ABSTRACT: An outbreak of acute febrile syndrome associated with coagulopathy and severe pancytopenia occurred in cattle grazing in paddocks with high infestation by Adiantopsis chlorophylla. The administration of the plant to a calf reproduced the same signs and lesions seen in spontaneous cases. Similar syndromes are caused by ptaquiloside from bracken fern. Traces of the ptaquiloside-like molecule caudatoside were detected together with 0.03-0.24 mg/g of it's degradation product pterosin A, in dry fronds of the plant. In conclusion, A. chlorophylla is a cause of hemorrhagic diathesis in cattle.

SUBMITTER: de Oliveira LGS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7285992 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature