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Experimental Ricinus communis poisoning in chicks
Author(s) -
El Badwi S. M. A.,
Adam S. E. I.,
Hapke H. J.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
phytotherapy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.019
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1573
pISSN - 0951-418X
DOI - 10.1002/ptr.2650060408
Subject(s) - ricinus , sorbitol dehydrogenase , transaminase , toxicity , biology , medicine , euphorbiaceae , endocrinology , broiler , zoology , physiology , chemistry , sorbitol , biochemistry , enzyme , botany
Seven‐day‐old male Brown Hisex chicks were fed Ricinus communis seed at concentrations of 0.5% and 5%. Mortality rates, signs, pathological changes and alterations in clinical chemistry were recorded. The results indicated that both diets containing Ricinus seed are fatal to chicks and that toxicity is characterized by locomotor disturbances, impaired vision, abnormal posture, growth depression, enterohepatonephropathies and anaemia. Significant increases in serum sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH), glutamic dehydrogenase (GDH), glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT), potassium, and total hepatic and cardiac lipids, and decreases in hepatic vitamin A, serum total protein and manganese concentrations were observed in Ricinus ‐fed chicks.