Neurological disease and lipofuscinosis in horses and sheep grazing Trachyandra divaricata (branched onion weed) in south Western Australia.
A severe paretic syndrome accompanied by intense neuronal lipofuscinosis is described in sheep and horses exposed to Trachyandra divaricata. This is a newly recognised toxic hazard for grazing livestock in the coastal region of the south west of Western Australia. Animals appear to become affected over a period of weeks when summer conditions induce a scarcity of alternative feed. The disease is discussed in relation to its recent documentation in South Africa where the plant is indigenous.
D000818:Animals; D001259:Ataxia / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D009472:Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010939:Plant Poisoning / Q000662:veterinary*; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013577:Syndrome / Q000662:veterinary