Nitrate poisoning in cattle fed Chenopodium album hay.
Three cows fed Chenopodium album hay died 30 min after showing ataxia, bluish-brown mucous membranes, rapid and difficult breathing, increased heart rates, tremors and coma. Brown-colored and badly coagulated blood was the prominent necropsy finding. Slight pulmonary edema was prominent and all visceral organs were hyperemic. The hay contained 2,500 ppm nitrate-nitrogen and 11 ppm nitrite nitrogen.
Ozmen
Ozlem
O
Department of Pathology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Akdeniz, Burdur, Turkey.
Mor
Firdevs
F
Ayhan
Unsal
U
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D027462:Chenopodium / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination; D009566:Nitrates / Q000506:poisoning*; D010945:Plants, Edible; D011041:Poisoning / Q000662:veterinary
D009566:Nitrates