Synonyms

 

No known synonym

 

Name of the disease in English

 

intoxications with drooling

 

The disease in brief

 

We have grouped together here the numerous poisonings which cause drooling; you can search for:

 

–Insecticides: organophosphates or carbamates, pyrethroids, avermectins.

 

–Herbicides and fungicides : Calcium cyanamide, imidazoles, molluscicides including metaldehyde

 

-Fertilizer : Nitrate and nitrites, phosphate, urea and ammonia

 

- Venomous animals: Caterpillars and toads

 

-Plants  : Arums, Large and small hemlocks, Colchicums, Rapeseed, Poppy, Euphorbias, Sabine juniper, Mustards, Cockle, Poppy, Potato, Marsh marigold, Buttercups, Thuja, Verâtre

 

-Fungi and mycotoxin : Clitocybe of the olive tree and Inocybe of Patouillard and slaframine (mycotoxin produced in clover).

 

Clinic & diagnosis

 

Ptyalism may be suspected to be related to poisoning when it is observed with:

 

-A sudden appearance

 

-High lethality

 

-When the cattle has had access to unusual plants for a cattle or has been deprived of fodder by drought or snow

 

-Mydriasis

 

-A stagger

- Colic

 

-Restlessness, or tremors or myoclonus, or drowsiness

 

-A vomit

 

Typical sign of the disease

 

No description

 

Pictures

 

See below

 

Diagnostic formulas

 

No description

 

Differential diagnosis

 

-All other causes of ptyalism

 

Confirm a suspicion?

 

It is an investigation into the environment of cattle which will be able to specify whether a toxin is involved, by taking the list above.

 

Prognosis and treatment

 

We can set up a waiting treatment for the symptoms observed, but we must find the toxic substance to be more certain.

 

Prevention

 

No description

 

References

 

Clinical toxicology of ruminants Pouliquen Hervé, Edition du Point veterinaire-2004-374p