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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-2-25
pubmed:abstractText
Gross and histopathological changes and serum thyroxine levels were determined in 10 heifers fed an exclusive diet of Leucaena leucocephala from 10 months of age until slaughter, 23 months later. Normal ovarian activity and mating were observed during a 7-month mating period. Cataracts, goitre, lingual epithelial ulceration and gingival atrophy were present at slaughter. Only one of the heifers was pregnant. Histologically, severe vacuolation and disruption of lens fibres and focal hyperplasia of lens epithelium were present. Both follicular hyperplasia and colloid accumulation were found to varying degrees in the thyroid glands and serum thyroxine levels were higher than in a comparable group of animals not fed L. leucocephala. Morphologically normal trophoblast was present in the uteri of 6 animals even though no embryo or foetus was present. Embryonic death and resorption may have been due to the anti-mitotic effect of mimosine or the goitrogenic effect of DHP.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0005-0423
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
257-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Cataracts, goitre and infertility in cattle grazed on an exclusive diet of Leucaena leucocephala.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study