In a rural property of the Midwestern Minas Gerais, Brazil, three 2.5 to 3-year-old female bovines (7/8 Holstein x 1/8 Gir) weighing approximately 380 kg died after showing brownish colored mucosa of conjunctiva and vaginal vestibule, gray-bluish tongue, dyspnea, sialorrhea, tympany, and...

This study was conducted to evaluate changes in cholinesterase activities and oxidative stress caused by subclinical poisoning of nitrate and nitrite in cattle fed with Pennisetum glaucum in three different fertilization schemes. In order to perform the experimental poisoning, the pasture was...

We experimentally reproduced star grass (Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst var. nlemfuensis cv. "Florico") poisoning in cattle. Star grass was planted in four shaded (1, 2, 3, and 4) and three sunny paddocks (5, 6, and 7) and were fertilized with the equivalent of 0, 750, 200, or 100 kg/ha urea. Fresh...

This article reports on a nitrate poisoning case in two cattle [a Montafon cross cow at 4 years age (Protocol no 571) and a Simmental cross heifer at 1.5 year age (Protocol no 572)] with suspected acute nitrate poisoning which were brought to the clinic of the Department of Internal Disease,...

This article reports cases of nitrate poisoning in Indian indigenous cattle breeds comprising two Gir cows aging 4 years each, and one Barugur cow at 1.5 years of age. The cattle with case history of sudden death and oozing of partially clotted blood from the anal opening were brought to the...

The study was carried out in Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU), Chittagong to find out the causes of sudden death of cattle in the Military Dairy Farm, Chittagong. To explore the cause of death, clinical history, clinical signs were recorded. Finally, postmortem was done...

Limited information is available on the grazing management principles of forage rape (Brassica napus L.), particularly in relation to grazing height and intensity and the impact of these on dry-matter (DM) yield and nutritive value. A glasshouse study was undertaken to investigate the effect of...

Marsdenia megalantha is a rupicolous shrub with succulent roots from the semiarid region of Brazil that is known to cause fatal poisoning in livestock. We reported spontaneous cases of poisoning by M. megalantha roots in bovine, caprine, ovine, and equine species. The clinical and pathological...

This article describes the pathological effects of mycotoxins, molybdenum, high blood urea nitrogen, nitrate, gossypol and poisonous plants on cattle reproduction.

A herd of 33 Japanese black breeding cows were fed with imported perennial ryegrass straw. Among the herd, 4 cows showed anorexia on the 6th or 7th day of feeding, and one showed tremors, opisthotonus, and astasia, leading to death. Endophyte-like hyphae were observed in the straw seeds. Each cow...