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− | + | *''Senecio jacobaea'' | |
− | + | ==Hepatotoxicity== | |
− | + | *plant toxin ingested over a long period of time | |
− | + | *livestock | |
− | ''' | + | **cattle and horses are more susceptible than sheep |
− | + | **livestock will not normally eat the fresh plant | |
+ | **most cases arise in horses and cattle consuming ragwort in hay or silage | ||
+ | *'''pyrrolizidine alkaloids''' | ||
+ | **toxic principle converted in the body to the toxic intermediate '''pyrroles''' and their esters | ||
+ | **cause intitial and continued damage to hepatocytes | ||
+ | **have an anti-mitotic effect whilst allowing continued synthesis within the cell and its nucleus | ||
+ | ***causes a marked increase in the size of parenchymal cells, a phenomenon termed ''''megalocytosis'''' | ||
+ | ***these very enlarged hepatocytes can be up to 20 times bigger | ||
+ | ***the enlarged cells are closely apposed so that the sinusoids may not be evident | ||
+ | *it is likely that the vascular component of the attempted repair of the chronic damage by fibrosis (really a type of granulation tissue) aids the shunting from the portal triads to the central vein and thereby bypassing the hepatocytes | ||
+ | *other plant and fungal toxins perform in the same way | ||
+ | ====Gross==== | ||
+ | *slightly enlarged [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]] | ||
+ | *pale in colour | ||
+ | *very firm to section | ||
+ | ====Microscopically==== | ||
+ | *necrosis | ||
+ | *haemorrhage | ||
+ | *diffuse fibrosis | ||
− | + | [[Category:Hepatotoxicity, Chronic]][[Category:Horse]][[Category:Sheep]] | |
− | + | [[Category:To_Do_- lizzyk]] | |
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Revision as of 11:09, 25 July 2010
- Senecio jacobaea
Hepatotoxicity
- plant toxin ingested over a long period of time
- livestock
- cattle and horses are more susceptible than sheep
- livestock will not normally eat the fresh plant
- most cases arise in horses and cattle consuming ragwort in hay or silage
- pyrrolizidine alkaloids
- toxic principle converted in the body to the toxic intermediate pyrroles and their esters
- cause intitial and continued damage to hepatocytes
- have an anti-mitotic effect whilst allowing continued synthesis within the cell and its nucleus
- causes a marked increase in the size of parenchymal cells, a phenomenon termed 'megalocytosis'
- these very enlarged hepatocytes can be up to 20 times bigger
- the enlarged cells are closely apposed so that the sinusoids may not be evident
- it is likely that the vascular component of the attempted repair of the chronic damage by fibrosis (really a type of granulation tissue) aids the shunting from the portal triads to the central vein and thereby bypassing the hepatocytes
- other plant and fungal toxins perform in the same way
Gross
- slightly enlarged liver
- pale in colour
- very firm to section
Microscopically
- necrosis
- haemorrhage
- diffuse fibrosis