Nitrate poisoning in cattle fed Chenopodium album hay


Ozmen O., Mor F., Unsal A.

VETERINARY AND HUMAN TOXICOLOGY, vol.45, no.2, pp.83-84, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 45 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2003
  • Journal Name: VETERINARY AND HUMAN TOXICOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.83-84
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Three cows fed Chenopodium album hay died 30 min after showing ataxia, bluish-brown mucous membranes, rapid and difficult breathing, increased heart rates, tremors and coma. Brown-colored and badly coagulated blood was the prominent necropsy finding. Slight pulmonary edema was prominent and all visceral organs were hyperemic. The hay contained 2500 ppm nitrate-nitrogen and 11 ppm nitrite nitrogen.