Plants and mushrooms associated with animal poisoning incidents in South Africa.

IF 1.3 Q2 VETERINARY SCIENCES Veterinary Record Open Pub Date : 2020-11-19 eCollection Date: 2020-01-01 DOI:10.1136/vetreco-2020-000402
Moleseng Claude Moshobane, Alessia Bertero, Carine Marks, Cindy Stephen, Natasha Palesa Mothapo, Lorraine Middleton, Francesca Caloni
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Background: There is extensive literature on animal poisoning from plants and mushrooms worldwide; however, there is limited account of poisoning from South Africa.

Methods: This study sought to describe and provide an overview of animal poison exposures in South Africa. Poisoning episodes reported to the Poisons Information Helpline of the Western Cape, jointly run by the Poisons Information Centres at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital and Tygerberg Hospital over a period of approximately 2.5 years, from June 2015 to November 2017, were analysed to identify exposure patterns, severity and clinical outcomes.

Results: Alien plant species accounted for most cases (n=10) of reported poison exposures. Among the 26 recorded animal poisoning episodes, the dog was the most commonly implicated species (n=24), whereas just two enquiries were related to other animals (one rabbit and one cow). There were 20 plant cases and 6 mushroom cases (all dogs). There was only one fatal case involving cycad in a dog.

Conclusion: Features of animal poisoning in South Africa were similar to those in other countries. The reported cases of animals exposed to poisonous plants and mushrooms could represent only a fraction of the actual exposures. Since most reported cases involved taxa that could not be identified to species level, more attention should be paid in case reporting and in animal poisoning prevention, engaging the public to enable people to recognise potentially hazardous plants and reduce the risk of poisoning in animals.

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与南非动物中毒事件有关的植物和蘑菇。
背景:在世界范围内,有大量关于植物和蘑菇引起动物中毒的文献;然而,有关南非中毒的报道有限。方法:本研究试图描述并提供南非动物中毒暴露的概述。由红十字战争纪念儿童医院和Tygerberg医院的毒物信息中心在2015年6月至2017年11月约2.5年的时间里联合运营的西开普省毒物信息帮助热线报告的中毒事件进行了分析,以确定暴露模式、严重程度和临床结果。结果:外来植物占报告中毒病例的大多数(n=10)。在记录的26起动物中毒事件中,狗是最常见的涉及物种(n=24),而只有两起调查与其他动物有关(一只兔子和一只牛)。植物病例20例,蘑菇病例6例(均为犬)。只有一例与苏铁有关的致命病例。结论:南非动物中毒的特点与其他国家相似。报道的动物接触有毒植物和蘑菇的案例只能代表实际接触的一小部分。由于大多数报告的病例涉及的分类群无法识别到物种水平,因此应更加重视病例报告和动物中毒预防,让公众参与,使人们认识到潜在的危险植物,减少动物中毒的风险。
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Veterinary Record Open
Veterinary Record Open VETERINARY SCIENCES-
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期刊介绍: Veterinary Record Open is a journal dedicated to publishing specialist veterinary research across a range of topic areas including those of a more niche and specialist nature to that considered in the weekly Vet Record. Research from all disciplines of veterinary interest will be considered. It is an Open Access journal of the British Veterinary Association.
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