Neurotransmitter amino acid changes in sheep affected by ryegrass staggers

Authors: Mantle PG
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 30, Issue 8, pp 126-127, Aug 1982
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant, Sheep
Subject Terms: Biochemistry/chemistry, Clinical pathology, Diagnostic procedures, Mycotoxicosis, Liver/hepatic disease, Disease/defect, Fungal/yeast, Locomotor, Nervous system/neurology, Pasture/crop, Poisoning - plant, Toxicology
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: Ryegrass staggers continues to attract attention in agricultural research not only because the disorder poses management problems in affected animals but also because its aetiology has been subject to much speculation. A putative aetiological role for tremorgenic mycotoxins in ryegrass staggers was first reported in New Zealand partly on the basis of experimental evidence that small doses of penitrem A. given per os, could elicit a tremor and incoordination syndrome similar to ryegrass staggers…

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