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Liver necrosis and photosensitisation in cattle after eating P ersicaria lapathifolia (pale knotweed) and P ersicaria orientalis ( P rince's feather)
Author(s) -
Lugton IW,
Woolacott J
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/avj.12148
Subject(s) - biology
Cattle deaths in two contemporaneous incidents were attributed to acute intoxication with P ersicaria lapathifolia and P . orientalis when the plants were under heat and moisture stress. To our knowledge this is the first confirmed report of acute, fatal hepatic necrosis associated with ingestion of these plants.