Histochemical alterations in lantana toxicity

Cryostat section of liver, kidneys, rumen, jejunum, spleen, heart, cerebrum , lungs and gall bladder of buffalo calves (Bubalus bubalis) experimentally intoxicated by oral administration of dried leaf powder of Lantana camara variety aculeata - red flower @ 6 g/kg body weight were studied for histoch emical/histoenzymatic changes. Most of the tissues revealed loss of alkalin e phosphatase, succinic dehydrogenase, lactic dehydrogenase, adenosine trip hosphatase, cytochrome oxidase and xanthine oxidase activity associated wit h increased acid phosphatase activity and lipid contents.