Poisoning by Stryphnodendron sp. in a cattle – Case report

Abstract

Poisonous plants are notorious for causing serious problems and economic losses, directly affecting the livestocksector. The plants of the genusStryphnodendronmainly affect the digestive, integumentary and reproductive systems. The objec-tive of this work was to report the case of a bovine that was poisoned byStryphnodendro sp.The owner reported the occurrenceof apathy, hyporexia, sialorrhoea and diarrhoea, observed a day previously and that this was the only animal to show these cli-nical signs. The animal died a few hours after being attended. The necropsy revealed the presence of seeds of both genera in thedigestive tract, multiple ulcers in the abomasum and renal and hepatic alterations that were also evidenced in the blood tests.