… and horse owners because of the large amounts of cantharidin … Cantharidiasis or blister
beetle poisoning occurs when … Although most deaths are reported in horses, cattle and sheep …

… to sheep and cattle but primarily to horses. As little as 4–6 grams of blister beetles can be
deadly to an 1100 lb. horse. … Blister beetles cause cantharidin toxicosis which occurs when …

… This review will collectively discuss the ergotism and fescue toxicoses caused by the … has
been reduced in horses receiving ergot alkaloids in their diet [51]. In sheep and cattle, however…

… horses. With regard to food-producing animals, most poisoning cases occur in cattle followed
by sheep … A suspected case of poisoning with cantharidin of a great bustard (Otis tarda) …

… (malicious poisoning). Malicious poisonings account for less than 0.5% of all poisoning cases
reported to … For instance cantharidin from blister beetles produces intense reddening of the …

… /AM and white snakeroot/rayless goldenrod intoxication, respectively, intended to provide …
Excessive intramyofiber lipid storage is a consistent finding in horses with SPM/AM and can be …

… Farm animals such as horses, cattle, and sheep are also at risk of poisoning from cantharidin.
This may happen as a consequence of the ingestion of alfalfa hay contaminated by these …

… Panicum maximum toxicosis in horses is similar in some aspects to cantharidin toxicosis. In
… maximum is a common pasture plant for horses, cattle, and sheep. The identification of the …

… As noted previously, poisoning with zootoxins requires direct contact between the victim …
poisonings), or in some cases deliberate (cantharidin from blister beetles is a key component in …