Plantas tóxicas para ruminantes do sudoeste de Goiás
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2014-05
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The aim of this study was to investigate the toxic plants
for ruminants in the Southwestern region of Goiás State, Brazil.
108 people (farmers, veterinarians, zootecnists and agronomists)
from 18 counties were interviewed. The following plants were
described as toxic for ruminants: Brachiaria spp., Enterolobium
contortisiliquum, Dimorphandra mollis, Palicourea marcgravii,
Pteridium aquilinum and Sorghum vulgare. In addition, less
frequent poisonings by Senna occidentalis, Stryphnodendrum
obovatum e Manihot esculenta were reported. Isolated cases of
poisoning by Asclepias curassavica and Pterodon emarginatus
were described by some interviewers. Based in the results of this
research, it is concluded that poisoning by toxic plants are frequent
in the studied region and represent important cause of economic
losses to the local farmers.
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Centro-oeste brasileiro, Doenças de bovinos, Intoxicação por plantas, Diseases of cattle, Midwestern Brazil, Plant poisoning
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SANT’ANA, Fabiano José Ferreira de; REIS JÚNIOR, Janildo Ludolf; FREITAS NETO, Argemiro Pereira; MOREIRA JÚNIOR, Carlos Alberto; VULCANI, Valcinir Aloisio Scalla; RABELO, Rogério Elias; TERRA, Juliano Pereira. Plantas tóxicas para ruminantes do sudoeste de Goiás. Ciência Rural, Santa Maria, v. 44, n. 5, p. 865-871, maio 2014.