VPT 421: Veterinary Toxicology (2+0)

LATHYRUS SATIVUM (INDIAN PEA)

• The seeds are poisonous.
• Lathyrismis the term used to denote toxicity.
• The toxic principle contained in thisplant is b -amino propionitrile.
• Horses are mostlyaffected.
• Sudden transient paralysis of the larynx, suffocation sometimesfatal, degenerative changes in the vagus and recurrent laryngeal nerve arenoticed.
• In cattle skeletal changes are produced.