Effects of milk from goat fed Crotalaria spectabilis seeds on growing rats

Authors

  • Rosane Maria Trindade de Medeiros Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Centro de Saúde e Tecnologia Rural, Departamento de Clínicas Veterinárias, Patos, PB
  • Silvana Lima Górniak Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Patologia, Centro de Pesquisa em Toxicologia Veterinária, São Paulo, SP
  • José Luis Guerra Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Patologia, São Paulo, SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1413-95961999000200008

Keywords:

Milk, Pyrrolizidine alkaloids, Crotalaria spectabilis, Poisoning

Abstract

Seeds of Crotalaria spectabilis, containing the pyrrolizidine alkaloid (PA) monocrotaline (MCT), were fed to a lactating dairy goat. Milk from this goat was fed to rats for 8 weeks to determine whether MCT or its toxic metabolites are transferred into the goat’s milk. Rats from the experimental group showed significantly higher (p<0.05) serum levels of ALT, AST, GGT and LDH and less weight gains (p<0.05) than control rats. The most significant lesions in rats consuming the experimental ration were mild to moderate interstitial pneumonia and a vacuolar degeneration and occasionally necrosis of periportal hepatocytes. The results of this study indicate that the PA and/or its metabolites are eliminated in milk.

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Published

1999-01-01

How to Cite

Medeiros, R. M. T. de, Górniak, S. L., & Guerra, J. L. (1999). Effects of milk from goat fed Crotalaria spectabilis seeds on growing rats. Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science, 36(2), 97-100. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1413-95961999000200008

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 2 (1999)

Section

VETERINARY MEDICINE

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