02269naa a2200385 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400410006010000190010124500950012026000090021550001000022452010780032465000130140265000130141565000160142865000100144465000200145465000190147465000210149365000230151465000100153765300280154765300190157565300250159465300280161970000170164770000190166470000230168370000200170670000210172670000230174770000210177077300920179110571712020-02-04       2017    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.1590/S0100-736X20170002000032DOI1 aALMEIDA, W. M.  aSpontaneous poisoning by Prosopis juliflora (Leguminosae) in sheep.h[electronic resource]  c2017  aArticle history: Recieved on september 8, 2015.//  Accepted for publication on August 25, 2016.  aThe aim of this paper is to describe the first report of spontaneous poisoning by Prosopis juliflora in sheep. From flock of 500 sheep at risk, four adult male sheep were affected. One died spontaneously and three other were examined, euthanized and necropsied. Neurologic examination focused particularly on motor and sensory-cranial nerve function, complete blood counts, serum biochemistry and urinalysis were done. The evolution of the disease was chronic and to present signs of poisoning, sheep had to ingest a diet containing at least 80% of P. juliflora pods during 21 months. The biochemistry revealed a substantial increase in creatine phosphokinase levels. Clinical signs included drooling of saliva, dropped jaw, tongue protrusion and loss of food from the mouth. Gross and histological lesions were similar to those previously reported in cattle and goats. Sheep are more resistant to poisoning by P. juliflora considering that it took 21 months of pod consumption to show clinical signs. There is no specific treatment for P. juliflora poisoning in ruminants.  aAlgaroba  aFabaceae  aLeguminosae  aOvino  aPlant poisoning  aPlanta tóxica  aPoisonous plants  aProsopis juliflora  aSheep  aIntoxicação de planta  aMesquite beans  aNeuronal vacuolation  aVacuolização neuronal1 aROCHA, B. P.1 aPFISTER, J. A.1 aMEDEIROS, R. M. T.1 aRIET-CORREA, F.1 aCHAVES, H. A. S.1 aSILVA FILHO, G. B.1 aMENDONÇA, F. S.  tPesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, Brasiliagv. 37, n. 2, p. 110-114, 2017. OPEN ACCESS.