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