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ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine2021

Hypoglycin A absorption in sheep without concurrent clinical or biochemical evidence of disease.

Sonia González-Medina, William Bevin, Rafael Alzola-Domingo, Yu-Mei Chang, Richard J Piercy

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Article in Journal of veterinary internal medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sonia González-MedinaComparative Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, Royal Veterinary College, London, Colorado, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6854-7879
William BevinOakham Veterinary Hospital, Oakham, Rutland, United Kingdom.
Rafael Alzola-DomingoOakham Veterinary Hospital, Oakham, Rutland, United Kingdom.
Yu-Mei ChangComparative Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, Royal Veterinary College, London, Colorado, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6388-9626
Richard J PiercyComparative Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, Royal Veterinary College, London, Colorado, United Kingdom.
Royal Veterinary College · GBGalson Sciences · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHypoglycin A (HGA) intoxication after ingestion of Acer spp. tree material has never been confirmed in domesticated ruminants despite their similar grazing habitats.

objectivesTo investigate whether sheep have low HGA bioavailability caused by rumen HGA breakdown. ANIMALS: Stomach and rumen fluid samples from 5 adult horses and 5 adult sheep respectively. Residual serum samples from 30 ewes and lambs.

methodsExperimental and retrospective cohort study. Hypoglycin A concentration was quantified in horse gastric and sheep ruminal samples after in vitro incubation with Acer pseudoplatanus seeds. Serum samples from grazing sheep (n = 20) and nursing lambs (n = 10) obtained before and after their release onto pastures with and without Sycamore seedlings were analyzed for HGA and methylenecyclopropyl-acetic acid carnitine, and serum biochemistry.

resultsNeither ovine rumen nor equine gastric fluid affected HGA content in samples incubated for up to 2 hours. Despite HGA's detection in serum from sheep (n = 13/15; median, 23.71 ng/mL; range, 5.62-126.4 ng/mL) grazing contaminated pastures and in their nursing lambs (n = 2/5; median, 12.5 ng/mL; range, 8.82-15.67 ng/mL), there was no apparent clinical or subclinical disease. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Any reduced sensitivity to HGA intoxication in sheep seems unrelated to ruminal degradation. Serum HGA concentrations in sheep were similar to those of subclinically affected atypical myopathy horses. Any reduced sensitivity of sheep to HGA might be related to greater metabolic resistance rather than selective grazing habits or lower bioavailability. Hypoglycin A was found in nursing lambs, suggesting that HGA is excreted in milk.

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AcerHorse DiseasesHypoglycinsSheep DiseasesAnimalsFemaleHorsesRetrospective StudiesSheephypoglycinHypoglycinsatypical myopathyMCPA-carnitineseasonal pasture myopathysycamore seedlingstoxic myopathy

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