Naccari Clara, Donato Giulia, Naccari Vincenzo, Palma Ernesto, Niutta Pietro Paolo
Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Græcia" of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy.
Vet Sci. 2025 Mar 28;12(4):305. doi: 10.3390/vetsci12040305.
In farm animals, the main poisonings are due to the ingestion of toxic plants present in pastures, but their incidence is underestimated, even though they are responsible for serious damage to animal health and livestock production. L. is a plant widespread in Mediterranean countries and in southern Italy that is responsible for serious and often fatal poisonings in both humans and animals. This investigation reports grazing cattle poisoning due to the ingestion of L. roots present in a recently plowed pasture of a Sicilian farm.
The investigation describes the clinical symptoms of poisoned cattle, especially the gastro-intestinal type, the alterations in liver and renal function, the course of poisoning (hyperacute-acute), and the necropsy examination of dead animals. In the surviving cattle, symptomatic drug therapy was administered, and hematological and biochemical analyses (blood, liver, and kidney profiles) were carried out during treatment.
The pharmacological therapy, although symptomatic, contributed to the recovery of the intoxicated cattle with a return to normal values of liver and kidney parameters and electrolyte profile 30-40 days after treatment.
This investigation could be useful to veterinarians for the diagnosis of L. root poisoning in cattle, which is also responsible for the death of some intoxicated animals, with a negative impact on livestock.
在农场动物中，主要中毒情况是由于摄入牧场中存在的有毒植物，但即便它们对动物健康和畜牧生产造成严重损害，其发生率仍被低估。L. 是一种在地中海国家和意大利南部广泛分布的植物，会导致人类和动物严重且往往致命的中毒。本调查报道了西西里岛一个农场近期翻耕过的牧场中，放牧的牛因摄入L. 的根部而中毒。
该调查描述了中毒牛的临床症状，尤其是胃肠道类型症状、肝肾功能的改变、中毒过程（超急性 - 急性）以及对死亡动物的尸检情况。对存活的牛进行了对症药物治疗，并在治疗期间进行了血液学和生化分析（血液、肝脏和肾脏指标）。
药物治疗虽为对症治疗，但有助于中毒牛康复，治疗30 - 40天后，肝脏和肾脏参数以及电解质指标恢复正常。
本调查对兽医诊断牛的L. 根中毒可能有用，这种中毒还导致一些中毒动物死亡，对畜牧业有负面影响。
