Karaka (Corynocarpus laevigatus) toxicosis in North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli).
From 2001 t0 2004, Westshore Wildlife Reserve observed five incidences of a vestibular syndrome in North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli). These were suspected to be the result of ingesting the karaka berry (Corynocarpus laevigatus), which contains a neurotoxin (karakin).
Shaw
Stephanie D
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Auckland Zoo Conservation Medicine Centre, Motions Road, Western Springs, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Tony
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D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000633:toxicity; D008297:Male; D046108:Palaeognathae; D010947:Plants, Toxic
C055017:karakin; D005947:Glucose