Chronic liver disease in cattle associated with ingestion of Brachiaria spp.

ABSTRACT: One hundred and ninety livers condemned due to chronic disease (fibrosis) were evaluated in a bovine slaughterhouse over 12 months. Hepatic lymph nodes were also examined while still attached to livers. The major macroscopic lesion observed in the livers was moderate to severe atrophy of t...

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Published in:	Ciência Rural
Main Authors:	Tatiane Cargnin Faccin, Glaucia Denise Kommers, Glauco José Nogueira de Galiza, Rayane Chitolina Pupin, Renata Cunha Madureira, Ricardo Antônio Amaral de Lemos
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Subjects:	slaughtered bovines fibrosis liver atrophy foamy macrophages
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782016001102036&lng=en&tlng=en