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15 (5): 438-445, 2011. Redacted 2018.
Case Report:
Fatal poisoning of cattle by Nicotiana tabacum in Tunisia
Ben Hassine Thameura* and Ben Mansour Aidab
a National
Center for Zoosanitary Vigilance, bNational
Center for Nuclear Sciences et Technologies, Tunisia.
ABSTRACT
Thameur BH, Aidab
BM., Nicotiana Tabacum (Solanaceae) Case Report: Fatal poisoning of cattle by Nicotiana tabacum in Tunisia, Onl J Vet Res, 15 (5): 438-445, 2011. Nicotiana tabacum is a perennial herbaceous plant cultivated in the North
and North West of Tunisia. It is the most commonly grown of all plants in the Nicotiana genus, and its leaves are commercially grown in
many countries to be processed in tobacco. Nicotianas
plants are highly toxic plants due to their nicotine alkaloid content. But nicotiana species are unpalatable and ingestion of this
plant by ruminants is observed only if animals are not well fed. This paper
presents the first case reports of Nicotiana
Tabacum poisoning in cattle in Tunisia causing
sudden death. Diagnosis of Nicotiana poisoning was
based on laboratory analysis of rumen contents and clinical signs. A necropsy
performed 3 hours after death revealed that the rumen had a strong tobacco odor
and contained numerous irregularly shaped leaves of tobacco plant. Samples
of rumen were analysed by HPLC/UV.
Keywords: Nicotina Tabacum, poisoning, Cattle, Tunisia