Vol. 6, Issue 5 (2018)
Understanding cyanogenic glycoside toxicity in livestock: A review
Author(s): Asgar Ud Deen, Vandana Kumari, Amit N Sharma, Goutam Mondal and Gaurav Pratap Singh
Abstract: Ingestion of high concentrations of cyanogenic glycosides from cyanophoric plants has resulted in mortality in numerous species of animals. Death has been reported more in grazing and browsing animal species such as cattle, sheep, and goats than in those usually kept under intensive system of management like pigs and poultry. This is because it’s possible to consume larger doses of the glycosides from fresh, cyanophoric plant materials than in processed products usually given to pigs and poultry. Under certain conditions, several plants can accumulate large quantities of cyanogenic glycosides which upon ingestion convert to prussic acid. The risk of prussic acid poisoning in livestock is substantially increased during periods of drought, and drought breaks, when stressed, stunted plants begin to grow. Prussic acid is a potent poison, once ingested, it enters the bloodstream of affected animals and is transported throughout the body. It then inhibits oxygen utilisation by disrupting the electron transport chain (ETC) of the mitochondria, so that the animal dies from asphyxia. The present review article is an attempt to understand the multiple facets of cyanide toxicity in livestock and the possible mitigation strategies.
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Asgar Ud Deen, Vandana Kumari, Amit N Sharma, Goutam Mondal, Gaurav Pratap Singh. Understanding cyanogenic glycoside toxicity in livestock: A review. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(5):1559-1561.
