title: Acute renal failure associated with Amaranthus species ingestion by lambs.
abstract: METHODS
  This report documents an outbreak of acute renal failure in a flock of 9-month-old White Suffolk-cross ewe lambs. The mortality rate was moderate but the morbidity was high. The lambs had grazed a wheat stubble paddock in which there were several weed species, including Amaranthus spp.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Renal failure in livestock has been reported internationally following the ingestion of Amaranthus spp. and although it has previously been suspected in Australia no cases have been documented. It is important for Australian veterinarians and farmers to realise the toxic potential of this group of plants.
authors.affiliation: School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, (Charles Sturt University and NSW Department of Primary Industries), Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Kessell
authors.affiliation: School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, (Charles Sturt University and NSW Department of Primary Industries), Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boulton
authors.affiliation: School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, (Charles Sturt University and NSW Department of Primary Industries), Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Krebs
authors.affiliation: School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, (Charles Sturt University and NSW Department of Primary Industries), Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: J C
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5329-1292
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Quinn
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D027721:Amaranthus / Q000506:poisoning*; D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D009517:New South Wales / Q000453:epidemiology; D010939:Plant Poisoning / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
keywords: Amaranthus spp; nephrotoxin; renal failure; sheep