Australian Veterinary Journal · 1979 · 18 citations · 2 references
Veterinary MedicinePoultry ScienceToxicologyHepatotoxicologyPoultry MedicinePoultry PathologyHistopathology Of PoultryHistopathology Of Toxic InjuryPoultry PharmacologyPoultry Production DiseasesPoultry ToxicologyToxic DiseasesDegenerative Lesion DescriptionHistopathological ToxicityPlant AlkaloidsPoultry DietsPyrrolizidine Alkaloid PoisoningPyrrolizidine AlkaloidsToxicological LesionsToxicopathic Lesions
SUMMARY: The disease produced by feeding chickens and ducks a commercial poultry feed containing heliotrine and lasiocarpine, pyrrolizidine alkaloids of Heliotropium europaeum , is described. Illthrift, ascites and degenerative lesions in the liver were the major findings. Similar lesions occurred in chickens fed a diet containing H. europaeum . The source of the alkaloids in commercial poultry feed was probably the seeds of H. europaeum harvested with wheat.
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D. J. Robins · Natural Product Reports · 1993 · 36 citations