title: Effects of dietary butylated hydroxyanisole and cysteine on toxicity of Lathyrus odoratus to broiler and Japanese quail chicks.
abstract: The effect of .75% dietary butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and 1% cysteine on the toxicity of Lathyrus odoratus seed to Japanese quail and broiler chicks was examined. In both species, the feeding of Lathyrus seed as a component of a complete diet depressed (P less than .05) body weight gain and feed intake. Typical signs of lathyrism, including ruffled feathers, enlarged hocks, curled toes, ataxia, leg paralysis, and mortality, were observed. Neither BHA nor cysteine exerted protective effects against the lathyrogenic effects. As assessed by mortality, these additives appeared instead to potentiate Lathyrus toxicity.
authors: Department of Animal, Oregon State University, Corvalis 97331.
authors: Y C
authors: YC
authors: Raharjo
authors: P R
authors: PR
authors: Cheeke
authors: G H
authors: GH
authors: Arscott
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects*; D002083:Butylated Hydroxyanisole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002645:Chickens / Q000254:growth & development*; D003370:Coturnix / Q000254:growth & development*; D003545:Cysteine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000633:toxicity*; D007842:Lathyrism / Q000662:veterinary; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D011784:Quail / Q000254:growth & development*; D012639:Seeds
chemical_list: D002083:Butylated Hydroxyanisole; D003545:Cysteine