title: Spontaneous poisoning by Solanum subinerme Jack as a cause of cerebellar cortical degeneration in cattle.
abstract: The present work reports cerebellar degeneration in cattle associated with the ingestion of Solanum subinerme in northern Brazil. The main clinical signs were periodic crises with loss of balance, falls, opisthotonus, and nystagmus. The histological lesions consisted of diffuse vacuolation of the perikaryon of the Purkinje neurons, followed by the loss of these cells and their substitution by Bergman glia. It is concluded that S. subinerme is another species of Solanum that causes cerebellar degeneration in cattle.
authors.affiliation: Batista Superior School of the Amazon, R. Leonor Teles, 153, Adrianópolis, Manaus AM 69057-510, Brazil.
authors.forename: Everton Ferreira
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Hospital, Federal University of Campina Grande, Patos, CEP 58700-310 Paraíba, Brazil. Electronic address: franklin.riet@pq.cnpq.br.
authors.forename: Franklin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Riet-Correa
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Hospital, Federal University of Campina Grande, Patos, CEP 58700-310 Paraíba, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosane Maria Trindade
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: de Medeiros
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D001938:Brazil; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D002525:Cerebellar Cortex / Q000473:pathology*; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D019636:Neurodegenerative Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010939:Plant Poisoning / Q000473:pathology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D011689:Purkinje Cells / Q000473:pathology; D032322:Solanum / Q000633:toxicity*
keywords: Cattle diseases; Nervous system; Neuronal degeneration; Solanum subinerme; Toxic plants