Myodegeneration in cattle grazing Cassia species

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Date

1965

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Volume Title

Publisher

American Veterinary Medical Association

Abstract

Widespread skeletal myodegeneration in cattle was associated with a disease syndrome characterized by an afebrile course, abnormally dark red urine, incoordination, recumbency, and death. The plants Cassia occidentalis or Cassia obtusifolia grew in the pastures and has been grazed by affected cattle, and appeared to have caused the disease.

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Keywords

Grazing, Cattle, Cassia, Obtusifolia, Myodegeneration, Field Scale

Citation

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 147(2): 142-145