Background: Poisoning by Xanthium spp. plants are important causes of deaths of cattle in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. This plant has as toxic principle a triterpenoide glycoside that acts inhibiting the transport of adenosine diphosphate and adenosine triphosphate across the mitochondrial...

Hemorrhagic septicemia is a highly fatal, acute septicemic disease in buffaloes and cattle caused by Pasteurella multocida (Shivachandra, et al., 2008). A lactating non-pregnant 2-year old Holstein-Friesian x Jersey imported cow weighing 423 kg (BCS 3/5) was observed to be exhibiting tachypnea, ...

Bovine hepatogenic photosensitization can be caused by several causes, such as hepatocellular damage due to by Fasciola he-patica. Hepatogenic photodermatitis is one of the clinical signsthat can be observed in chronic fasciolasis, caused by hepatic fibrosis and cholangitis with bile stasis. The...

Two Jersey crossbred cows were presented in lateral recumbency and severe signs of Organo phosphorus compound (OPC) toxicity. Physical examination revealed bradycardia, nystagmus, hypersalivation, lacrimation, respiratory distress, tetany, grunting, pupillary constriction, frequent urination,...

Anaplasmosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Anaplasma marginale, transmitted mainly by ticks in cattle herds around the world, in addition to transmission by hematophagous and iatrogenic insects. In this work, the objective was to describe an outbreak of anaplasmosis in six adult dairy cattle ...

A HoBi-like pestivirus was first described in 2004 in a Brazilian fetal bovine serum that was exported to Germany. Nevertheless, it is believed that the virus had been present since the 1990's, when it was detected in buffalos of Brazilian origin. Reproductive and respiratory diseases have been...

124 cattle naturally infected with Theileria annulata were inspected for clinical markers. Clinical manifestations of general weakness, reduced appetite, pyrexia reaching 40-42°C and lachrymal discharge were seen in more than 75% of the infected animals. Presence of ticks on body, general dullness...

Acute deaths of cows held in a drylot and fed several crop processing plant by-products were investigated. Clinical signs in affected cows included diarrhea, ataxia, recumbency, hypersalivation, and sunken eyes. A histological diagnosis of ethylene glycol toxicosis, based on numerous birefringent...

The surgical retrieval of a trichobezoar from of a cow was reported [India, date not given]. The cow was presented with a history of sudden onset of hypersalivation and bloat. A swelling was observed in the left side of the neck at the level of the 5th vertebra, which appeared hard and ball-like on ...

Three female buffaloes (7 and 9 years old, and 4 months old), two female cattle (6 and 8 years old) and two cattle heifers (one-year-old) with history of hypersalivation, muscle trembling, mild diarrhoea and anorexia for 24 h are reported. Three other buffaloes from the herd had already died with...