Veterinary Pathology Laboratory, Veterinary Teaching Hospital,Via L4 Norte, Sn/, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, 70636-200, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, UFG, Rua 235 S/n, Setor Universitário, 74605-050, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
Toxicon. 2019 Oct;168:122-125. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2019.07.006. Epub 2019 Jul 19.
An outbreak of acute poisoning of horses by Enterolobium contortisiliquum pods is reported in the state of Goiás, Brazil. Three horses presented apathy, hyporexia, prostration, jaundice, recumbency and died in 24-48 hours. The main pathological findings were a yellowish liver with an enhanced lobular pattern, multifocal hepatic necrosis mostly in the midzones of lobules and sometimes with a random distribution across the hepatic lobes and swelling of hepatocytes. E. contortisiliquum trees has a wide distribution in South America and cases of poisoning have not been reported in horses.
巴西戈亚斯州暴发了一起马因采食扭叶苏木豆荚而导致的急性中毒事件。三头马表现出精神沉郁、食欲减退、衰弱、黄疸、卧地不起，并在 24-48 小时内死亡。主要的病理发现是肝脏呈浅黄色，肝小叶结构增强，肝组织坏死呈多灶性，主要分布在肝小叶的中央区，有时也呈随机分布于整个肝叶，肝细胞肿大。扭叶苏木树在南美洲广泛分布，但尚未有马匹中毒的报道。
