Body system | Plant | Clinical signs |
Cardiac system | Pseudocalymma elegans | rigid walking, instability, muscle tremors, sternal decubitus, opisthotonus, nystagmus and tachycardia |
Digestive system | Baccharis coridifolia | abdominal discomfort, increased heart rate and respiratory movements, anorexia, hypermotility of the small intestine and colon, presence of gas in the cecum and diarrhea |
Panicum maximum | acute abdomen (colic), apathy, congested and in the final stages, cyanotic mucous membranes, increased capillary perfusion time, heart and respiratory rate enlarged, look at the flank, lie down and get up, roll on the floor, bilateral dilation of the abdomen, stop intestinal peristalsis, presence of large amounts of fluid in the small intestine and in the final stage, gastric reflux can be observed | |
Ricinus communis | inappetence/anorexia, fever, dyspnea, apathy, general malaise, tendency to keep the head supported, soft and dark feces, mucous-bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain, changes in the electrocardiogram, weak pulse and strong heartbeat, hydroelectrolytic disorders, oliguria, nephritis and renal failure, cyanosis and death from cardiorespiratory collapse | |
Prosopis juliflora | intestinal obstruction in horses | |
Diospyros virginiana | damage the gastric mucosa causing ulcers that can lead to organ rupture | |
Liver system | Crotalaria retusa | apathy or hyperexcitability, pressure of the head against objects, compulsive gait, uncontrolled and circular canter, decreased reflexes consistent with cranial nerves, ataxia, weakness, anorexia, weight loss, photosensitization and jaundice |
Senecio brasiliensis | apathy, anorexia, weight loss, dehydration and other neurological signs, developing into a picture of hepatic encephalopathy, and there may also be edema in the subcutaneous tissue, in the ventral region of the abdomen, jaundice in the ocular, oral and vulvar mucous membranes | |
Trema micranta | muscle tremors, sternal and lateral decubitus, pedaling movements, dysphagia, sialorrhea, and subject their own heads against objects by pressing them | |
Reproductive system | Ateleia glazioviana | It causes abortion in cattle, sheep, goats and horses and is probably the main cause of abortions in cattle in these regions |
Neurological system | Bambusa vulgaris | motor incoordination, limbs crossed during gait, drowsiness, difficulty in apprehension, chewing and swallowing of food with accumulation of grass in the oral cavity and instability and permanence in station with abducted limbs |
Coffea canephora | cardiorespiratory and neurological changes (convulsions, tachycardia, tachypnea), which can progress to coma and death | |
Equisetum spp. | Muscle tremors, falls, weakness of the hind limbs, ataxia and muscle exhaustion | |
Hypochaeris radicata | abnormal gait, with involuntary hyperflexion of the pelvic limbs, difficulty walking in circles and back, there is an association with left laryngeal hemiplegia, muscular atrophy of the pelvic limbs | |
Pteridium aquilinum | anorexia, incoordination of pelvic limbs, staggering, distant or crossed limbs, muscle tremors, loss of balance, decubitus and death | |
Sida carpinifolia | progressive weight loss, incoordination, rigid walking and ambulation, in addition to difficulty in locomotion with exacerbated reactions after movement stimuli | |
Turbina cordata | nervous origin, including tremors, severe ataxia, station with open limbs, changes in behavior and weight loss and death | |
Muscle disorders | Senna occidentalis | apathy, muscle tremors, motor incoordination, staggering walking, tachycardia and dyspnea |
Photosentization | Brachiaria spp. | lesions on the parts with white fur, specifically on the nostrils, eyelids, extremities of the limbs and chamfer |
Froelichia humboldtiana | itching, weakness and death. In the clinical examination it is possible to observe extensive, ulcerated wounds, which drain abundant serous exudate | |
Integumentary system | Leucaena leucocephala | alopecia in the tail and mane, anorexia, weight loss and apathy |
Hematological disorders | Allium cepa | lack of appetite, wobbly walking, abortion, breath, feces and urine with an onion odor, increased heart and respiratory rate, pale to jaundiced mucous membranes and brown urine |
Respiratory system | Crotalaria juncea | trembling, dyspnoea, fever and death |
Traumatic injuries | Mimosa spp. | ulcerative characteristics and irregular contours, hemorrhagic exudate, are covered by crusts, located in the region of the rib cage, billet, scapulohumeral joint, upper and lower lip, muzzle, nostrils, cheeks and chamfer |
Panicum maximum | Traumatic angular cheilitis |