title: Toxicity of Crotalaria Goreensis for chickens.
abstract: Ground Crotalaria goreensis seed fed to day-old cockerel chickens at 3 different rates in a commercial ration of chick starter mash depressed growth rates. Moist faeces were common. Lesions consistently found included ulceration of the proximal large intestine and a dark grey discolouration of the glandular portion of the proventriculus. C. goreensis should be excluded from all poultry rations.
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed / Q000633:toxicity*; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D002645:Chickens; D008297:Male; D010939:Plant Poisoning / Q000662:veterinary*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D012639:Seeds