title: Amaranthus retroflexus (redroot pigweed): inability to cause renal toxicosis in rabbits.
abstract: Rabbits fed Amaranthus retroflexus (redroot pigweed) did not develop lesions of renal toxicosis reported in other species fed this plant. In feeding trials using adult and weanling rabbits, A retroflexus did not produce indications of renal involvement in rabbits. In both trials, treated rabbits had increased weight loss when compared with controls; however, the weight loss was not attributed to a toxic effect, but to previously described decreased palatability of Amaranthus spp.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000662:veterinary*; D019684:Magnoliopsida; D008297:Male; D010939:Plant Poisoning / Q000662:veterinary*; D011817:Rabbits; D013045:Species Specificity