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Revision as of 22:27, 7 June 2010
Hepatoxicity
- highly lethal algal growth on ponds in summer
- can be extremely toxic once the algae die and breakdown
- poisons mainly livestock and birds - sometimes dogs
- 'fast death' factor on bloom suggested for some cases with little other lesions in the body
Clinical
- prostration and death
- perhaps convulsions
- gastroenteritis in lesser cases
Gross
- haemorrhagic gastroenteritis
- massive or periacinar hepatic necrosis