Photosensitivity in South Africa. III. Ovine hepatogenous photosensitivity caused by the plant Athanasia trifurcata L. (Asteraceae)

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Kellerman, T. Stephanus
Schneider, D.J.
Welman, Wilhelmina G.

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Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria

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Hepatogenous photosensitivity was experimentally induced in 1 out of 4 sheep dosed with milled Athanasia trifurcata. This is an unpalatable aromatic shrub commonly found along the south-western and south-eastern Cape coast on overgrazed, recently burnt or disturbed veld, up to an altitude of 1100 m. The liver lesions ranged from a few small multifocal areas of necrosis in 1 animal to various zonal patterns of necrosis (centrizonal, midzonal and peripheral) in each of the other 3. Botanical, toxicological and clinical data are given.

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Veterinary medicine

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Kellerman, TS, Coetzer, JAW, Schneider, DJ & Welman, WG 1983, 'Photosensitivity in South Africa. III. Ovine hepatogenous photosensitivity caused by the plant Athanasia trifurcata L. (Asteraceae)’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 45-53.