… a diagnosis of cantharidin toxicosis, … horses that survive longer than 24 hours frequently
have hypoproteinemia (Table 3). Nonsurviving horses in an experimental cantharidin toxicosis …

… Cantharidin toxicosis in animals had been widely documented but the literature reports on
birds are still limited. Cantharidin toxicosis to horses … limniscata) by horses and sheep. Am. J. …

… that consume alfalfa hay: cattle, goats, sheep, and horses. Horses are more commonly
affected than ruminants.Cantharidin poisoning has also been reported in chickens, emus, and …

… At necropsy, 4 horses out of 21 with cantharidin toxicity had ventricular myocardial necrosis
(4), a higher proportion compared with 1 out of 24 equids necropsied in another report (2). …

… This section focuses on two structural toxicoses of the horse: … include cantharidin toxicoses
and chronic cyanide poisoning. … Unlike sheep and swine, in which skeletal muscles are the …

… contained potentially toxic cantharidin concentrations. Even though cantharidin poisoning
is more common in horses, cattle, sheep and goats are occasionally poisoned. Blister beetle …

… Of note, 1 g/kg bw will kill sheep and 230 g will kill a horse or cattle. Due to its severe … to a
horse and 1–1.5 mg/kg bw for cats and dogs. The cardiac symptoms of cantharidin poisoning …

… The results of this study provide rationale to treat cantharidin toxicosis in horses with activated
charcoal. Further studies evaluating the efficacy of different doses of charcoal and smectite…

… , cantharidin toxicosis can occur in any state. Horses are the species in which cantharidin
toxicosis is … in natural or experimental situations: cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits, rats, hedgehogs, …

… in horses (Rollins 1985). Livestock deaths from cantharidiasis (blister beetle poisoning)
are recognized more frequently in horses, at least in part because cattle and sheep are …