ACUTE LANTANA-CAMARA POISONING IN A BOER GOAT KID

Acute Lantana camara poisoning in a Beer goat kid is described. The an imal was part of a flock of beer goats that was introduced from the Ka lahari thornveld, where the plant does not occur, to an area where the plant grew abundantly. At necropsy, the animal was severely icteric, dehydrated and constipated, with hepatosis, distention of the gall-bla dder and nephrosis, but no skin lesions. Histopathological findings of the liver confirmed moderate hepatosis with single-cell necrosis and bile stasis. The pathology is consistent with that described in acute Lantana poisoning in cattle, sheep and goats. The absence of photosens itisation may be attributed to relatively mild liver damage, or the ra pid course of this toxicosis.