Resistance of sheep to poisoning by The plant, Marticaria nigellifolia DC.
The plant, Matricaria nigellifolia, was dosed to 2 sheep to reinvestigate whether or not sheep are susceptible to pushing disease ("stootsiekte"). Each sheep received a total dose of 370 g/kg of the milled, dried plant from a batch that had caused pushing disease in cattle when given at doses as low as 10 g/kg. Neither of the sheep developed clinical disease over the trial period of 60 days, and necropsies revealed no macro- or microscopical lesions. Sheep are apparently resistant to pushing disease, which supports previous findings.
D000818:Animals; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D010865:Pilot Projects; D010939:Plant Poisoning / Q000662:veterinary*; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000209:etiology*