A krimpsiekte-like syndrome in small stock poisoned by Ornithogalum toxicarium Archer & Archer
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
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| Title | A krimpsiekte-like syndrome in small stock poisoned by Ornithogalum toxicarium Archer & Archer | |
| Creator | Botha, C.J. Schultz, R.A. Van der Lugt, J.J. Archer, C. | |
| Description | Krimpsiekte (the syndrome associated with chronic cardiac glycoside poisoning) was purportedly induced by Ornithogalum toxicarium in the Karas mountains area of Keetmanshoop, Namibia. This chinkerinchee species was previously linked to a condition known as 'kwylbek' krimpsiekte in small stock in the Beaufort West district of the Western Cape Province, South Africa. In a dosing trial, respiratory distress, tachycardia and sternal recumbency were observed in 2 sheep drenched with fresh plant material. A fluorescence polarisation immunoassay (FPIA) detected the presence of a substance that cross-reacted with digoxin antibodies in some of the plant material collected at Keetmanshoop and Beaufort West. This is the first time that apparent cardiac glycoside poisoning was induced by a southern African chinkerinchee species. The presence of the cardiac glycoside-like substance in O. toxicarium requires further chemical verification. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2000-07-10 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jsava.v71i1.668 | |
| Source | Journal of the South African Veterinary Association; Vol 71, No 1 (2000); 6-9 2224-9435 1019-9128 | |
| Language | eng | |
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