• Detection of swainsonine-producing endophytes in Patagonian Astragalus species 

      Martinez, Agustin; Robles, Carlos Alejandro; Roper, Jessie M.; Gardner, Dale R.; Neyaz, Marwah S.; Joelson, Natalia Zoe; Cook, Daniel (Elsevier, 2019-12)
      Swainsonine has been identified as the toxin in legumes belonging to the genera Astragalus and Oxytropis throughout the world including China, North America, and South America. Several South American Astragalus species ...
    • Fatal stagger poisoning by consumption of Festuca argentina (Speg.) Parodi in goats from Argentine Patagonia 

      Martinez, Agustin; Cook, Daniel; Lee, Stephen T.; Sola, Diego; Bain, Luciana; Borrelli, Laura Beatriz; Acín, Cristina; Gardner, Dale R.; Robles, Carlos Alejandro (Elsevier, 2020-10-30)
      The present study describes the spontaneous and experimental poisoning of goats by Festuca argentina in Argentine Patagonia. In April 2017, eight seven-month-old Creole male goats were accidentally introduced into a paddock ...
    • Indole-diterpenes alkaloid profiles of native grasses involved in tremorgenic syndromes in the Argentine Patagonia 

      Zabaleta, Gabriela; Lee, Stephen T.; Cook, Daniel; Aguilar, Marcelo Javier; Iannone, Leopoldo Javier; Robles, Carlos Alejandro; Martinez, Agustin (Elsevier, 2022-10-15)
      One of the main intoxications to livestock in the Patagonia region of Argentina is the tremorgenic disease “Mal de Huecú", attributed to the consumption of the native grasses Poa huecu and/or Festuca argentina. In this ...
    • Potencial toxigénico de Astragalus pehuenches Nierdel en Argentina 

      Martinez, Agustin; Gardner, Dale R.; Cook, Daniel; Gimeno, Eduardo Juan; Robles, Carlos Alejandro (Gerencia de Comunicación e Imagen Institucional, DNA SICC, INTA, 2018-12)
      El género Astragalus está ampliamente distribuido en el mundo y algunas especies son tóxicas para el ganado. En Argentina, Astragalus pehuenches ha sido incriminado históricamente en casos de intoxicación en ovinos, bovinos ...