Newsholme, S.J.Kellerman, T. StephanusBigalke, R.D.2015-11-132015-11-1320151984Newsholme, SJ & Kellerman, TS 1984, 'Resistance of sheep to poisoning by the plant, Matricaria nigellifolia DC', Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 277-278.0330-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50461The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.The plant, Matricaria nigellifolia, was dosed to 2 sheep to reinvestigate whether or not sheep are susceptible to pushing disease ("stootsiekte"). Each sheep received a total dose of 370 g/kg of the milled, dried plant from a batch that had caused pushing disease in cattle when given at doses as low as 10 g/kg. Neither of the sheep developed clinical disease over the trial period of 60 days, and necropsies revealed no macro- or microscopical lesions. Sheep are apparently resistant to pushing disease, which supports previous findings.en©ARC - Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). ©University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital).Veterinary medicineVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaArticle