Mushroom toxicity in a horse with meningioangiomatosis.
We describe a fatal case of mushroom intoxication in an 18-y-o horse presumably due to Amanita verna. Horses are normally regarded as too fastidious to eat the ill-flavored toadstools. In this case, the horse had a rare benign brain tumor, meningioangiomatosis, which may have altered the horse's normal eating behavior resulting in consumption of the mushrooms.
Frazier
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Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Tifton 31793, USA.
Liggett
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Hines
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Styer
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D000545:Amanita / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000798:Angiomatosis / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D002506:Cephalexin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003002:Clonixin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005751:Gastric Lavage / Q000662:veterinary; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006736:Horses; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008578:Meninges; D009145:Mushroom Poisoning / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*
D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D002511:Cephalosporins; D005938:Glucocorticoids; C014557:flunixin; D003907:Dexamethasone; D002506:Cephalexin; D003002:Clonixin