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The toxicity of Datura stramonium (thorn apple) to horses

Authors: Scott P, Williams S
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 32, Issue 4, pp 47, Apr 1984
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Horse, Livestock
Subject Terms: Toxicology, Poisoning - plant
Article class: Clinical Communication
Abstract: Meal contaminated by Datura stramonium seeds at the rate of 0.5% by weight was fed to two horses. Both horses showed clinical signs of depression, anorexia, weight loss, rapid heart and respiration rates, mydriasis, polyuria, polydipsia and diarrhoea. Both recovered with treatment. Maize screenings contaminated by the seeds had been used in the manufacture of the meal.
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